Question

Carol is sixty inches tall. This is twenty inches less than two times mindys height. How tall is mindy?

Answer 1

Alright lets break it down:

Carol = 60 inches tall

Mindy = ??

Lets turn words into numbers:

60 inches is 20 inches less than (2x) Mindy's height

60 inches + 20 inches = 80 inches

This helps us visualize it better, if 60 is 20 inches less than two times Mindy's height, then that means 80 is two times Mindy's height, right?

80 ÷ 2 = 40 inches

Mindy's height is 40 inches

If this is still unclear, comment back.

Hope I was of use, best of luck.