Question

Jesse is buying a new cell phone online. It costs 8,835.3 yen (Japanese money). The U.S. dollar is worth 88.353 yen. How much will Jesse's cell phone cost in U.S. dollars?

Answer 1

Cost of cell phone in U.S. dollar = 100 U.S. dollar

Explanation:

Given:

Cost of cell phone in yen = 8,835.3 yen

1 U.S. dollar = 88.353 yen

Find:

Cost of cell phone in U.S. dollar

Computation:

Cost of cell phone in U.S. dollar = Cost of cell phone in yen[1 / 88.353]

Cost of cell phone in U.S. dollar = 8,835.3[1 / 88.353]

Cost of cell phone in U.S. dollar = 8,835.3 / 88.353

Cost of cell phone in U.S. dollar = 100 U.S. dollar