Question

The Park Protectors is a group of elementary students and teachers from 3232 schools who pick up trash at local parks. The line plot shows the tons of trash they picked up this year.

Answer 1

`Each = (15)/(128)`

Explanation:

Given

See attachment for line plot

Required

Determine the total trash picked

The data on the line plot can be represented as:

`Trash \to Schools`

`(1)/(8) \to 6`

`(1)/(4) \to 8`

`(1)/(2) \to 2`

`1 \to 0`

The total trash picked is:

`Total = (1)/(8) * 6 + (1)/(4) * 8 + (1)/(2) * 2 + 1 * 0`

`Total = (3)/(4) + (8)/(4) + 1+0`

Take LCM

`Total = (3+8+4+0)/(4)`

`Total = (15)/(4)`

The total picked by each school is:

`Each = (Total)/(32)`

`Each = (15/4)/(32)`

Rewrite as:

`Each = (15)/(4*32)`

`Each = (15)/(128)`