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O MEASUREMENTWord problem involving conversion between compound units....Susie is visiting the U.S. from Greece. One day she stopped by a market and found a stall selling tomatoes for 1.03 dollars per pound. If 1 euro was worth 1.09dollars that day, how much did the tomatoes cost in euro per kilogram?First fill in the two blanks on the left side of the equation using two of the ratios. Then write your answer rounded to the nearest hundredth on the right side ofthe equation.Ratios:1 curo1.09 dollarsBO'FMostly cloudy1.03 dollars1 lbI need help with this math problem.

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Solution

From the question, we have the following


\begin{gathered} 1\text{ }pound\text{ }of\text{ }tomatoes=\text{ \$}1.03 \\ \\ 1\text{ }euro=\text{ \$}1.09 \end{gathered}

We have that


1\text{ }pound=0.454kg

So we want to get in euro peer kilogram


\begin{gathered} Cost=\frac{\text{ \$}1.03}{1\text{ }pound} \\ \\ Cost=\frac{1.03*1.09\text{ }euro}{0.454kg} \\ \\ Cost=2.47\text{ }euro\text{ }per\text{ }kilogram\text{ \lparen to the nearest hundredth\rparen} \end{gathered}

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