Problema Solution

In 1995, 1 British pound was equivalent to 1.5785 Us dollars on average. If you had wanted to exchange $500 US to British pounds in 1995, how much would you received? (rounded to the nearest cent)

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let 'x' be equal to the pounds that you would have gotten for $500 in 1995


1 : 1.578 = x : 500


by solving we find


x = 316.86 pounds


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