SOLUTION: In Mexico, avocados are 45 pesos per kilogram. What is the cost in cents of an avocado that weighs 0.51kg if the exchange rate is 11 pesos to the dollar?

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Question 311913: In Mexico, avocados are 45 pesos per kilogram. What is the cost in cents of an avocado that weighs 0.51kg if the exchange rate is 11 pesos to the dollar?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, mananth:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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First write an equation with units and no numbers:
(pesos/kg of avocados)x(kg/1 avocado)x(cents/peso)
Notice that after cancellations, you're left with (cents/1 avocado)
Now with numbers:
%2845%2F1%29%2A%28.51%2F1%29%2A%28100%2F11%29
208.6
The cost in cents is 209 cents per avocado

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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11 pesos = $1
45 pesos = $4.09
..
1 kg avocado costs 409 cents
0.51 kgs cost 409 *0.51
= 208.59 cents