The number of phone calls between two cities, N, during a given time period varies the directly as the populations p1 and p2 of the two cities and inversely as the distance, d, between them. If 36,000 calls are made between two cities 310 miles apart and the populations of the cities are 31,000 and a 180,000, how many calls are made between two cities with populations of 80,000 and a 150,000 that are 485 miles apart?

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The number of phone calls between two cities, N, during a given time period varies the directly as the populations p1 and p2 of the two cities and inversely as the distance, d, between them. If 36,000 calls are made between two cities 310 miles apart and the populations of the cities are 31,000 and a 180,000, how many calls are made between two cities with populations of 80,000 and a 150,000 that are 485 miles apart?

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