Question

Lee converted 500 U.S. dollars to 625 Singapore dollars. If x represents U.S. dollars and s represents Singapore dollars, which of these equations represents the relationship between the two currencies?

Answer 1

Given

Lee converted 500 U.S. dollars to 625 Singapore dollars.

x represents U.S. dollars and s represents Singapore dollars.

Find out equations represents the relationship between the two currencies.

To proof

As given in the question

x represents U.S. dollars and s represents Singapore dollars.

converted 500 U.S. dollars to 625 Singapore dollars

500 x = 625 s

`x = (625)/(500) s`

x = 1.25 s

This shows that the U.S dollars is equal to 1.25 times of singapore dollars.

Hence proved