SOLUTION: When 40 percent of "Y" is 15, what is 20 percent of 2y

Question 402876: When 40 percent of "Y" is 15, what is 20 percent of 2y
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"40 percent of "Y" is 15" means that . Simply divide both sides by 0.4 to get . So

This then means that 20% of 2y is

Note: you can skip the first step if you can see that 0.2(2y)=0.4y
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