Help, please?

Based on the chart below, in 1965 each person produced 1.5 pounds of waste a day. There are 5 people in your family. Which equation below shows how to calculate the amount of waste your family produces in a week?
y = amount of waste produced, p = # of people

http://i.imgur.com/9rOknQS.png

Question

Help, please?

Based on the chart below, in 1965 each person produced 1.5 pounds of waste a day. There are 5 people in your family. Which equation below shows how to calculate the amount of waste your family produces in a week?
y = amount of waste produced, p = # of people 

http://i.imgur.com/9rOknQS.png

anonymous · Answer

Y=waste per person times the # of people
How many people are there?
How much waste did  each person produce?
* is the is the same as multiplication
Y=_____*_____