Question

On a trip, you had to change your money from dollars to British pounds. You got 560 pounds for 800 dollars. How many pounds will you get for 300 dollars?

Answer 1

210 pounds

Explanation:

First, we are going to find the exchange rate from dollars to pounds.

We know form our problem that 800 dollars are 560 pounds. so:

\frac{560pounds}{800dollars} =0.7

800dollars

560pounds

=0.7 pounds per dollar.

Next, we are going to multiply our exchange rate by the number of dollars we want to change, 300:

300dollars*\frac{0.7pounds}{dollar} =210pounds300dollars∗

dollar

0.7pounds

=210pounds

We will get 210 pounds for 300 dollars