Question

recently, 1 US dollar was worth 0.51 English pound. If you exchanged 500 English pounds, how many dollars would you get?

Answer 1

$980.39

Explanation:

The exchange can be written as a proportion:

... $1/0.51£ = x/500£

Multiply by 500£ to get ...

... $1 × 500/0.51 = x ≈ $980.39

You would get $980.39 in the exchange.