Christopher has just returned to the united states from a trip to singapore and australia. he is looking over his records of the money he spent on his trip. the following list shows items and expenses christopher paid for before and during his trip, as well as whether the purchase took place in us dollars (us$), singapore dollars (s$), or australian dollars (au$). item cost currency camera 139.54 us$ ferry ticket 525.15 au$ passport 33.45 us$ guide book 62.99 s$ hat 42.74 s$ plane ticket 849.52 au$ when christopher was on his trip, the exchange rate for us dollars to singapore dollars was 1: 1.3914, and the exchange rate for singapore dollars to australian dollars was 1: 0.7786. how much did christopher spend in total, measured in us dollars? round all currency values to two decimal places.
a.
$1,517.89
b.
$1,526.19
c.
$1,809.35
d.
$2,776.72

Item                                   Cost Currency
                                                 US$                    AU$                           S$
Camera                             139.54 US$
Ferry ticket                                                      525.15 AU$
Passport                              33.45 US$
Guide book                                                                                   62.99 S$
Hat                                                                                                   42.74 S$
Plane ticket                                                     849.52 AU$ 
TOTAL                             172.99 US$     1,374.67 AU$         105.73 S$

US dollars to Singapore dollars was 1:1.3914
Singapore dollars to Australian dollars was 1:0.7786

105.73 S$ * 1 US$ / 1.3914 S$ = 105.73 US$ / 1.3914 = 75.988 OR 75.99 US$

1,374.67 AU$ * 1 S$ / 0.7786 AU$ = 1,374.67 S$ / 0.7786 = 1,765.566 S$ OR 1,765.57 S$
1,765.57 S$ * 1 US$ / 1.3914 S$ = 1,765.57 US$ / 1.3914 = 1,268.916 US$ OR 1,268.92 US$

172.99 US$ + 75.99 US$ + 1,268.92 US$ = 1,517.90  CHOICE A. 

Uneed to add them up 27+18+23=68