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Explain 2/5 * (32 y) = 16

Please explain it, I'm not quite sure what to do.

It asks you to solve in y:

$\frac{2}{5}\times(32y)=16$

multiply both sides by $\frac{1}{\frac{2}{5}\times 32}$ and you get

$y=\frac{5}{4}$

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