{"id":197233,"date":"2025-03-06T19:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T19:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=197233"},"modified":"2025-03-06T19:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T19:51:51","slug":"shylas-research-shows-that-8-empty-cans-make-1-4-pound-of-aluminum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/06\/shylas-research-shows-that-8-empty-cans-make-1-4-pound-of-aluminum\/","title":{"rendered":"Shyla&#8217;s research shows that 8 empty cans make (1)\/(4) pound of aluminum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shyla&#8217;s research shows that 8 empty cans make (1)\/(4) pound of aluminum. Shyla wants to know how many cans it takes to make 5 pounds of aluminum. How many cans are there per pound of aluminum?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the number of cans required per pound of aluminum, we start with the given information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>8 empty cans<\/strong> make <strong>14\\frac{1}{4} pound<\/strong> of aluminum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Determine how many cans make 1 pound<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since <strong>8 cans<\/strong> make <strong>14\\frac{1}{4} pound<\/strong>, we need to determine how many such groups make 1 pound: Cans&nbsp;per&nbsp;pound=8\u00d74=32\\text{Cans per pound} = 8 \\times 4 = 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, <strong>32 cans<\/strong> are needed to make <strong>1 pound<\/strong> of aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Find how many cans make 5 pounds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, to determine how many cans are required for <strong>5 pounds<\/strong> of aluminum, we multiply: 5\u00d732=1605 \\times 32 = 160<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, <strong>Shyla needs 160 cans to make 5 pounds of aluminum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This problem is a straightforward proportion-based calculation. Given that 8 cans make <strong>14\\frac{1}{4} pound<\/strong>, we realize that one full pound contains four times that amount. Thus, we multiply the number of cans required for <strong>14\\frac{1}{4}<\/strong> pound by 4 to get the number of cans per full pound. Once we have the cans per pound (32), we can easily scale this to any number of pounds by simple multiplication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This method is useful in real-life applications such as recycling programs, where knowing how much aluminum is recovered from cans helps in estimating costs and environmental impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I will generate an image to visually represent this concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The image visually represents the concept by showing aluminum cans on a scale, with clear labels for different weight measurements (1\/4 pound, 1 pound, and 5 pounds). Let me know if you need any modifications or further explanations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-419.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197234\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shyla&#8217;s research shows that 8 empty cans make (1)\/(4) pound of aluminum. Shyla wants to know how many cans it takes to make 5 pounds of aluminum. How many cans are there per pound of aluminum? 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