SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem: Betty is 2/5 as old as Steven. If Steven is 60 years old, how old is Bettty?

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Question 918058: Please help me solve this word problem: Betty is 2/5 as old as Steven. If Steven is 60 years old, how old is Bettty?
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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Betty's age is %282%2F5%29%2A60=2%2A60%2F5=24

NOTE:
You can make the calculation in your head easily,
without grabbing the calculator,
if you simplify that 2%2A60%2F5 fraction first,
and multiply last, like this:
2%2A60%2F5=2%2A6%2A10%2F5=2%2A6%2A%2810%2F5%29=2%2A6%2A2=24.