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Recycling Tim's family was collecting aluminum cans to recycle. They found out that they would get two.cents for every three cans they collected. If they collected 2,187 cans, how much money did they receive? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER PLEASE​

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Answer:  They received  $14.58

Step-by-step explanation:

Set up a proportional relationship

If  2 cents equal to 3 cans then we will represent how  2,187 will be worth by x.

[tex]\frac{0.02}{3} / \frac{x}{2187}[/tex]      Cross multiply

   3x = 43.74    Divide both sides by 3

x = 14.58

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