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Title: What is the price of gasoline per litre in Canadian dollars if a U.S. gallon of gasoline costs $2.90 ...
Post by: kshipps on Jun 7, 2019

Question 1

How many Canadian dollars can you buy for $850.00 U.S. dollars if one Canadian dollar is worth $0.9641 U.S. dollars?

Question 2

What is the price of gasoline per litre in Canadian dollars if a U.S. gallon of gasoline costs $2.90 U.S.? One U.S. dollar is worth $1.0372 Canadian, and one U.S. gallon is equivalent to 3.8 litres.

Title: What is the price of gasoline per litre in Canadian dollars if a U.S. gallon of gasoline costs $2.90 ...
Post by: abro1885 on Jun 7, 2019

Answer 1

Let the number of Canadian dollars be x.
=

=

x =

x = 881.65

$850.00 U.S. will buy C$881.65.

Answer 2

Let the cost per U.S. gallon be C$x.
=
=
x = 1.0372(2.90)
U.S. gallon costs C$3.00788
Cost per litre = = C$0.791547

Title: What is the price of gasoline per litre in Canadian dollars if a U.S. gallon of gasoline costs $2.90 ...
Post by: kshipps on Jun 7, 2019

Thank you!

Title: What is the price of gasoline per litre in Canadian dollars if a U.S. gallon of gasoline costs $2.90 ...
Post by: abro1885 on Jun 7, 2019

Always glad to help...