2) A family of five people generates solid waste at a rate of 2 lb./cap/day. Collection is once a week. How many customers can a 20-yd³ truck that compacts the refuse to 500 lb/yd³ collect before it has to make a trip to the landfill? (UoD, B.Sc. 2012).
2) A family of five people generates solid waste at a rate of 2 lb./cap/day. Collection is once a week. How many customers can a 20-yd³ truck that compacts the refuse to 500 lb/yd³ collect before it has to make a trip to the landfill? (UoD, B.Sc. 2012).
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