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Kenya exchanges $150 for British pounds suppose the conversion rate is £1 equals $1.60 how many pounds should she receive?

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3 pounds

150 dollars=150 dollars ⋅1 pound 1.6 dollars =? we see that fraction I multiplied by equals 1 since we are given 1 pound =1.6 dollars now we knew to put the dollar part on bottom because we want dollar part to cancel
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She should receive 93.75 pounds.

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