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There are 30 athletes in Mrs. Elder’s hiking club. Of these athletes, two-fifths of them play hockey. How many athletes in the hiking club play hockey?

Respuesta :

You need to find "two-fifths of 30."  Of here means multiplication:

     [tex]\begin{aligned}\dfrac{2}{5}\cdot 30 &= \dfrac{2}{5}\cdot\dfrac{30}{1}\\[0.5em] &= \dfrac{60}{5}\\[0.5em] &= 12\end{aligned}[/tex]

There are 12 athletes in the club.