Mia's office recycled a total of 9 pounds of paper over 3 weeks. After 7 weeks, how many pounds of paper will Mia's office have recycled? Choices: 24 21 15 18

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Answer:

After 7 weeks, Mia's office will have recycled 21 pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

With the information provided, you can use a rule of three to find the pounds of paper that Mia's office will have recycled after 7 weeks given that they recycled 9 pounds over 3 weeks.

3 weeks  →  9 pounds

7 weeks  →         x

x=(7*9)/3

x=21

According this, the answer is that after 7 weeks, Mia's office will have recycled 21 pounds.