Beer and soft drinks are sold in aluminum cans. The mass of a typical can is about
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Beer and soft drinks are sold in aluminum cans. The mass of a typical can is about 0.018 kg.
(a) Estimate the number of aluminum cans used in the United States in one year.
(b) Estimate the total mass of aluminum in a year's consumption from these cans.
(c) If aluminum returns $1/kg at a recycling center, how much is a year's accumulation of aluminum cans worth?
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