The students in the go green dub started a whool recling program. in
september, the students collected 85 pounds of paper and 18 pounds of cars to
recycle. for october, their goal is to collect three times the amount of paper and
five times the amount of cans they collected in september.
m the dub meets its goal, how many total pounds of paper and cons will the
students collect in september and october combined?
show your work.

Students collected

Step-by-step explanation:

In September, the students collected 85 pounds of paper and 18 pounds of cans to recycle.

In October, their goal is to collect three times the amount of paper and five times the amount of cans they collected in September.

Hence, in October they collected

In total, they collected

it's equivalent, so we can say that its equal.

let's call the denominator x and the numerador is 18 less then denominator, x - 18.

multiply

2.x = 5.(x - 18)

2x = 5x - 90

90 = 5x - 2x

90 = 3x

x = 90/3

x = 30

so: