math for converting USD to EC
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math for converting USD to EC
Last year sunnyboy told me a very simple way to convert USD to EC without using a calculator. Anyone out there know how to do this? Sunnyboy? It has escaped my little pea brain.
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Brenda,
The exchange rate at about 2.7 to 1 means that anything quoted as 1 EC is about 40cents US. 10 EC is $4. A simpler conversion is to round off to 2:1. Any EC price you see, think 50% off and that's the $US price. If you see a souvenier for 20EC, think 50% off = $10. I know this isn't accurate to the 3rd decimal place, but for my little pea brain it's good enough.
The exchange rate at about 2.7 to 1 means that anything quoted as 1 EC is about 40cents US. 10 EC is $4. A simpler conversion is to round off to 2:1. Any EC price you see, think 50% off and that's the $US price. If you see a souvenier for 20EC, think 50% off = $10. I know this isn't accurate to the 3rd decimal place, but for my little pea brain it's good enough.
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Ah, here's my quick converson formula for those of us who don't like to tax their brains while visiting the Caribbean - divide EC price by 3 and add 10% - the result will be within pennies of the normal exchange rate. For example, an item that cost EC$12.00 would be the equivelant of US$4.40., EC$15.00 comes to US$5.50. It works for any price.
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