12 Rehan is on holiday in the USA.
He has $200 to spend on clothes.
Rehan buys
1 pair of trainers costing $60
3 T-shirts costing $25 each.
He also wants to buy a jacket costing $80
(a) Has Rehan got enough money to buy the jacket?
You must show how you get your answer.
Cost of trainers
60
= $
75
Cost of 3 T-shirts
Cost of purchases
Money remaining
= $
135
?
no
$
>$
= $
65
2
(3)
The trainers cost $60
The exchange rate is $1 = £0.749
£
$
1
Rehan says,
“The trainers cost less than £40"
Rehan is wrong.
(b) Using a suitable approximation, show working to
explain why.
60