A certain book is for sale in both belize and brazil. in belize, it sells for 80.39 belize dollars. in brazil, it sells for 63.65 brazilian reals. the exchange rate of us dollars to belize dollars is 1:1.9246, and the exchange rate of us dollars to brazilian reals is 1:1.7880. when converted into us dollars, which country sells the book at a more expensive price, and how much more expensive is it? round all currency values to two decimal places. a. the book costs $6.17 more in belize than in brazil. b. the book costs $11.89 more in brazil than in belize. c. the book costs $16.74 more in belize than in brazil. d. the book costs the same amount in both countries.

It simply means to deduct something from the object or number of group, place, etc. Subtraction means to take away from the group or a number of objects.

A certain book is for sale in both Belize and Brazil.

In Belize, it sells for 80.39 Belize dollars.

The exchange rate of us dollars to Belize dollars is 1:1.9246

The cost of a book in dollars will be

[tex]\rm \dfrac{C_{belize }}{80.39} = \dfrac{1}{1.9246}\\\\C _{belize } \ = 41.7697[/tex]

In Brazil, it sells for 63.65 Brazilian reals.

The exchange rate of us dollars to Brazilian reals is 1:1.7880.

The cost of a book in dollars will be

[tex]\rm \dfrac{C_{brazil}}{63.65} = \dfrac{1}{1.778}\\\\C _{brazil} \ = 35.5984[/tex]

The difference in the cost will be

[tex]\rm C _{belize} -C _{brazil} = 41.7697 - 35.5984 = 6.1713 \approx 6.17[/tex]

Belize is more expensive than Brazil. The book costs $6.17 more in Belize. Then the correct option is A.

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