Blain exchanges $100 for yen before going to Japan. If each U.S. dollar is worth 88.353 yen, how many yen should Blain receive?



Answer :

kent
To figure out how many yen all ya have to do is multiply 88.353 by 100 to get the answer 8835.3 yen.

we know that

[tex] 1 [/tex] U.S. dollar is worth [tex] 88.353 [/tex] yen

by proportion

[tex] \frac{1}{88.353}\frac{usd}{yen} =\frac{100}{x} \frac{usd}{yen} \\ \\ x=100*88.353\\ \\ x=8,835.3\ yen [/tex]

therefore

the answer is

[tex] 8,835.3\ yen [/tex]