SOLUTION: jaidee was planning a trip to the eastern caribbean island. before goin, she did some research and learned that the exhange rate is 3 eastern carribean dollars for $2.5. how many

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Question 1079456: jaidee was planning a trip to the eastern caribbean island. before goin, she did some research and learned that the exhange rate is 3 eastern carribean dollars for $2.5. how many eastern carribean dollars would she get if she exchanged $34? pls show me how to solve it. thanks
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$3C/$2.5US=x/$34 US
cross multiply
102=2.5x
x=$40.8 C
It makes sense, for it should be slightly larger than the US.