You Just Returned from a Trip to Venezuela and Have

question 27

Multiple Choice

You just returned from a trip to Venezuela and have 1,516 bolivares fuertes in your pocket. How many dollars will you receive when you exchange this money if the U.S. dollar equivalent of the bolivares fuertes is 0.465701?

• A) $629.08
• B) $706.00
• C) $811.40
• D) $2,897.18
• E) $3,255.31

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