Question

After finishing a weeks visit to China, Caitlin was packing to travel to india. She has 400 chinese Yuan left over and wanted to exchange the money into indian rupees. She knew that for $1 she could get either 8.08 Yuan or 46.04 Rupees. How many Rupees will she get for 400 Yuan.

Answer 1

Amount in her possession = 400 Yuan

She wants to exchange the money into Indian rupees.

8.08 Yuan or 46.04 Rupees = $1

400 Yuan = ?

This means

8.08 Yuan = 46.04 Rupees

400 Yuan = ?

cross multiply

`\begin{gathered} \text{amount in Rupe}es\text{=}(400*46.04)/(8.08) \\ \\ \text{amount in Rupe}es=(18416)/(8.08) \\ \text{amount in Rupe}es=2279.20792079 \\ \text{amount in Rupe}es=2279.21\text{ Rupe}es \end{gathered}`