Question

The Canadian dollar is equal to $.76 of an American dollar. Tj is on vacation in Montreal and spend $209.75 on dinner. How much did he spend in American dollars?

Answer 1

Answer: $159.41$ American dollars.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let be "x" the amount of American dollars that Tj spent on his vacation in Montreal.

According to the information provided in the exercise, you know that 1 Canadian dollar is equal to $0.76 of an American dollar.

Then, knowing that the amount of Canadian dollars he spent on dinner was $209.75, you can set up the following proportion:

$\frac{1}{0.76}=\frac{209.75}{x}$

Finally, you can solve for "x" in order to find its value.

You get that this is:

$(x)(\frac{1}{0.76})=209.75\\\\x=(209.75)(0.76)\\\\x=159.41$