Lilia wants to exchange US dollars for Euros before traveling to France. Her bank offers her an exchange rate of 1 US dollar to 0.84 Euros. Approximately how many US dollars does Lilia need to exchange if she wants to receive 350 Euros from her bank?Choose 1 answer:(A) 266(B) 294(C) 417(D) 434
Q. Lilia wants to exchange US dollars for Euros before traveling to France. Her bank offers her an exchange rate of 1 US dollar to 0.84 Euros. Approximately how many US dollars does Lilia need to exchange if she wants to receive 350 Euros from her bank?Choose 1 answer:(A) 266(B) 294(C) 417(D) 434
Understand exchange rate: Understand the exchange rate and what is being asked.Lilia wants to exchange US dollars for Euros. The exchange rate is 1 US dollar to 0.84 Euros. She wants to receive 350 Euros. We need to calculate how many US dollars she needs to exchange to get 350 Euros.
Set up equation: Set up the equation to find out how many US dollars Lilia needs.If 1 US dollar equals 0.84 Euros, then we can set up the equation as follows:0.84 Euros1 US dollar=350 EurosX US dollarsWe need to solve for X, which represents the amount in US dollars that Lilia needs to exchange.
Solve for X: Solve for X by cross-multiplying to find the number of US dollars.X US dollars ∗0.84 Euros = 1 US dollar ∗350 EurosX = (\(1 ∗350) / 0.84\)X=350/0.84
Calculate value of X: Calculate the value of X.X=0.84350X≈416.6667
Round to nearest whole number: Round the number to the nearest whole number since we are dealing with currency and cannot have a fraction of a dollar. X≈417