Question

The Canadian dollar is equal to $.76 of an American dollar. Tj is on vacation in Montreal and spend $209.75 on dinner. How much did he spend in American dollars?

Answer 1

Answer:
`159.41` American dollars.

Explanation:

Let be "x" the amount of American dollars that Tj spent on his vacation in Montreal.

According to the information provided in the exercise, you know that 1 Canadian dollar is equal to $0.76 of an American dollar.

Then, knowing that the amount of Canadian dollars he spent on dinner was $209.75, you can set up the following proportion:

`(1)/(0.76)=(209.75)/(x)`

Finally, you can solve for "x" in order to find its value.

You get that this is:

`(x)((1)/(0.76))=209.75\\\\x=(209.75)(0.76)\\\\x=159.41`