Asked by julie

Rob is going over his currency exchange receipts from his trip to Japan and South Korea. When he was in Japan, he exchanged US dollars for Japanese yen at a rate of 1:87.441, and when he was in South Korea, he exchanged Japanese yen for South Korean won at a rate of 1:12.395. To three decimal places, what was the exchange rate of US dollars to South Korean won?
a.
1:0.092
b.
1:7.055
c.
1:99.836
d.
1:1,083.831

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Compute 1 USD → JPY → KRW: 1 USD = 87.441 JPY and 1 JPY = 12.395 KRW, so
1 USD = 87.441 × 12.395 = 1,083.831195 ≈ 1,083.831.

Answer: d.