Question

Once a month, volunteers from the Green Sea Club clean up litter at the beach. Last month, the volunteers picked up 8 pounds of trash in 4 hours. This month, the same group of volunteers will spend 3 hours picking up trash. If they pick up trash at the same rate, how many pounds of trash should the volunteers pick up this month?

Answer 1

Answer:

6 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Last month the trash they picked up in 1 hour-8pounds/4hours

=2 pounds per hour

They spent three hours this month so pounds=3hrs×2pounds

=6 pounds