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Latanya made a 17-minute phone call from her hotel in France and was charged 17 euro. At the time, $1 was worth 0.82 euro. Find the cost per minute of the call in dollars.

Type your answer as a dollar sign and a decimal number rounded to the nearest hundredth, like this: $4.32

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Latanya made a 17-minute phone call from her hotel in France and was charged 17 euro. At the time, $1 was worth 0.82 euro. Find the cost per minute of the call in dollars.

Type your answer as a dollar sign and a decimal number rounded to the nearest hundredth, like this: $4.32

unicornpoopcookies · Answer

She was charged 17 euros for 17 minutes, so that's 1 euro/minute. If 1 dollar = 0.82 euros, then (1/0.82) dollars = 1 euro. So, she was charged 1/0.82 dollars per minute, or about $1.22 per minute, to the nearest cent.