SOLUTION: Shop A has 160 Mechanics. Shop B had only 60 precent as many. How many mechanics are there in Shop B?

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Question 1068734: Shop A has 160 Mechanics. Shop B had only 60 precent as many. How many mechanics are there in Shop B?
Answer by swincher4391(1107) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let A be the number of mechanics that shop A has.
Let B be the number of mechanics that shop B has.
We are told that B has 60% as many as shop A.
Therefore if we were to multiply 60% by A, we would get B.
So .60*A = B
We know that A = 160.
.60 * 160 = 96, so B = 96