Question

liza's friend marie bought her a dress for 250 euros in france. liza wants to pay marie for it in u.s. dollars. if the foreign exchange rate between the u.s. dollar and euro is 1:0.6, how much should liza pay marie

Answer 1

$416.65 it is your answer

Answer 2

1/ 0.6 = x / 250..1 dollar to 0.6 euros = x dollars to 250 euros
cross multiply
(0.6)(x) = (250)(1)
0.6x = 250
x = 250/0.6
x = 416.67 american dollars