Question

In Mexico, avocados are 48 pesos per kilogram. What is the cost, in cents, of an avocado that weighs 0.45 lb if the exchange rate if the exchange rate is 18 pesos to the dollar?

Answer 1

Answer:

55 cents

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's convert 0.45 lb to kilograms

2.20 lb = 1 kg is the conversion factor, hence:

$0.45lb*\frac{1Kg}{2.2lb}\\=\frac{0.45}{2.2}\\=0.2045Kg$

So that's 0.2045 kg

Since 48 pesos is for 1 kg, hence for 0.2045 kg, the cost (in pesos) is:

0.2045 kg * 48 = 9.82 pesos

Now, we know 18 pesos is 100 cents (1 dollar), so how much is 9.82 pesos?? (let number of cents be X)

$\frac{18Pesos}{100Cents}=\frac{9.82Pesos}{X}\\18X=9.82*100\\18X=982\\X=\frac{982}{18}\\X=54.6 Cents$

That's roughly 55 cents