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Word math problem interpretation help needed

Hi guys,

Which country has the highest average household income level in $US according
to basic exchange rates?

The equation answer to obtain the answer for question below = given average household income data/ given exchange rate data

Question: How do you interpret the words ' according to' as division

Thank you.

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Allen
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on Oct 30, 2020
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Albert, I don't intend to be crude, but how else were you thinking of interpreting it? 

on Nov 01, 2020
Multiplication instead of division
Ian
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on Oct 30, 2020
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Hi Albert,

You would literally just need to multiply/divide the numeric household income amount by the exchange rate to get the USD value.

on Nov 01, 2020
Thanks! Understood
Deleted user
on Oct 31, 2020

The wording is misleading, but given that you know it's about household income and invoves USD exchange rate, you can figure out the way to calculate yourself.

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on Nov 01, 2020
Yeap understood thanks
Clara
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on Oct 31, 2020
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Hello!

I think here the question is so easy that it gets confusing. 

Yes, indeed, you need to divide by the conversion factor among currencies. 

Sometimes we tend to overcomplicate, but some things can be this simple :)

Cheers, 

Clara

on Nov 01, 2020
Hi Clara, yes. perhaps it is a wording that i need to get used to when interpreting