Question

Sara Just Turned 18 Years Old. She Spent 4/9 Of Her Life Living In Rochester,NY. How Many Years Did Sara Live In Rochester?

Answer 1

8 years

Further explanation

Given:

Sara just turned 18 years old.

She spent $\frac{4}{9}$ of her life living in Rochester, NY.

Question:

How many years did Sara live in Rochester?

The Process:

From the information above, we make a suitable diagram as follows:

$\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot} = ? \ years$

Four of the nine parts are the question. The nine full parts below are Sara's ages.

$\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot}\boxed{\cdot} = 18 \ years$

Let us calculate how many years did Sara live in Rochester.

• $\boxed{ \ 9 \ parts = 18 \ }$
• $\boxed{ \ 4 \ parts = ? \ }$

$\boxed{ \ = \frac{4}{9} \times 18 \ }$

We crossed out 9 and 18.

$\boxed{ \ = 4 \times 2 \ }$

Thus Sara has lived in Rochester for $\boxed{\boxed{ \ 8 \ years \ }}$

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Quick Steps:

$\boxed{ \ = \frac{4}{9} \times 18 \ }$

$\boxed{ \ = 4 \times 2 \ }$

$\boxed{\boxed{ \ 8 \ years \ }}$

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Answer 2

1/9 of 18 is 2.

So 4/9 of 18 = 4*2 = 8

So Sara lived in Rochester for 8 years.