Sophia exchanged 1,000 US dollars for the south African currency. the exchange rate was 7.15 rand to $1.00. How many South African Rand did Sophia get?

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Tom Hanley · Answer 1 · 2018-05-27T01:21:57+0000

1 / 7.15 = 1000 / x......$ 1 to 7.15 rand = $ 1000 to x rand
cross multiply because this is a proportion
(1)(x) = (7.15)(1000)
x = 7150 <=== Sophia got 7150 rand

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