HELP!!!!!!!If 59 people use 15,045 cans in 1 year. How maNY CANS are used in a city with a population of 1,562,000???

you could just set up a simple ratio equation

x/15045 = 1562000/59

or

if 52 persons use 15045, then
1 person uses 255 cans
so 1562000 use 1562000(255) cans