Question

John decides to visit his relatives in russia. he takes 500 us dollares to the bank to exchange for russian rubles and discovers that the exchange rate is 22.76 rubles per us dollar. write the ratio of rubles to us dollars, then find how many rubles john got in exchange for the 500 us dollars.

Answer 1

22.76 rubles = 1 dollar therefore the ratio is 1 : 22.76
if John had 500 dollars then use ratio and proportion to find the exchange. 1 : 22.76 = 500 : x