What is the equivalence of 950 US dollars in British pound sterling if 1 US dollar = 0.62 British pound sterling?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-23T09:24:49

$589$ $589$ pound sterling.

Currency conversions can always be done as a direct proportion.

Compare the corresponding quantities in the form of equivalent fractions.

$\frac{B P}{$ U S} \frac{x}{950} = \frac{0.62}{1} cross multiply$ $(BP)/($US) " " x/950 = 0.62/1" cross multiply"$

$x = 950 \times 0.62$ $x = 950xx0.62$

$589 pound sterling$ $589 " pound sterling"$

Note that this is about what we could expect.
1 pound is just more than half of 1 dollar.
589 pounds is a bit more than half of 950 dollars.

Always check your answer with a quick estimation in case we multiplied instead of dividing by mistake.