Question

Need to find how many dollars was 163.23 rand worth round to the nearest hundredth dollar. And how many rand was 23.39dollars worth answer to the nearest hundredth of a rand

Answer 1

Given,

`1\text{ rand = 0.12 US dollars}`

(a) To find: How many dollars were 163.23 dollars?

Solution:

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ rand = 0.12 US dollars } \\ 163.23\text{ rand = 0.12}*163.23\text{ US dollars} \\ 163.23\text{ rand = 19.58 US dollars} \end{gathered}`

Thus, the answer is 19.58 US dollars.

(b) To find: How many rand was 23.39 dollars worth?

Solution:

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ rand = 0.12 US dollars} \\ 23.39\text{ rand = 0.12}*23.39\text{ US dollars} \\ =2.81\text{ US dollars} \end{gathered}`

Thus, the answer is 2.81 US dollars.