Question

Your family is traveling to Mexico on vacation. You have

saved $500 to spend. If 298 Mexican pesos is equivalent
to $25, how much money will you get when you
exchange your $500 for Mexican pesos?​

Answer 1

5,960 pesos

I got the 298 pesos and divided them by $25 which is the equivalent. I then got 11.92 and multiplied that by $500 which gave me 5,960 pesos

Answer 2

5960 pesos

Explanation:

We can write a proportion

298 pesos --- $25

x pesos --- $500

x=298*500/25 = 298*20 = 5960 pesos