A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below.

A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below.

A tourist arrived in Kenya from Britain with 126,000 UK sterling pounds. He converted the pounds into Kenyan
shillings. While in Kenya he spent 4/5of the money. He changed the balance to US dollars. Calculate to the nearest Dollar,
the amount he received.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 7, 2019 at 08:59

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