each student brought in 9 cans to recycle. write an equation to represent the total number of cans (c)for any number of students(s)

total = cans times students

To represent the total number of cans (c) for any number of students (s), we can use the equation:

c = 9s

In this equation, s represents the number of students and 9 represents the number of cans each student brought in to recycle. By multiplying the number of students (s) by 9, we get the total number of cans (c).