In the local mall there are twice as many clothing stores as there are music stores. There are twice as many music stores as there are computer stores. If there are 16 clothing stores, how many computer stores are in the mall?
16 = 2*music = 2*(2*computer) = 4*computer
so there are 4 computer stores.
To solve this problem, we can work backwards. Since there are twice as many clothing stores as there are music stores, and there are 16 clothing stores, there must be 16/2 = <<16/2=8>>8 music stores.
Similarly, since there are twice as many music stores as there are computer stores, there must be 8/2 = <<8/2=4>>4 computer stores.
Therefore, there are 4 computer stores in the mall.
To find the number of computer stores in the mall, we can use a step-by-step approach.
Let's start with the given information: there are 16 clothing stores in the mall.
According to the problem, there are twice as many clothing stores as music stores. So, we can determine the number of music stores by dividing the number of clothing stores by 2.
16 clothing stores / 2 = 8 music stores
Next, we're told that there are twice as many music stores as computer stores. Therefore, we can determine the number of computer stores by dividing the number of music stores by 2.
8 music stores / 2 = 4 computer stores
So, there are 4 computer stores in the mall.