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Decimally.
Tlevi. s. Marks. Tletn. s.
If 20 : 7.5 :: 35.25
4 : i-5 " 35-25
i-5
17625
3525
4)52.875
( 523 ) E X C
Examp. r. What Sterling money maft be paid iy
London to receive in Paris 1978 prawns 25 fols, ex¬
change at 3 d. per crown ?
Sols. d. Cr. .fols.
If 60 : 3i-*r :: 1978 35
60
253
118705
253
Marks in 1 1. Sterling 13.21875
300
Marks in 300!. Sterling 3965.62500
16
3750
625
Schilling-Iubs 10.000
2. How much Sterling money will a bill of 3965
marks 10 fchilling-labs amount to, exchange at ^53. 3d.
Flemifh per 1. flerling ?
Fl.s. d. L.St. Mks. fch.
If 35 3 *- I 3965 10
12 32 2
423 7930 20 d.
*1897
423)126990(3^01. fler.
Decimally.
d.
3°, = y
if — fw
f =TT
Sols 20 = y
S — i
356115
573525
237410
6)0)3003236(5 Rent.
8)500539 3
. *2)62567 M
2|o)52i|3 13
L. 260 13 xi-J Anft
By Praflice.
Cr. fob.
1978 25, at 3if d.
5 o
7 3
o 7f
o 10*-
o 2f
4 : 1.5. :s 35.25
17625
3525
4)52.875(14.21875:
13.21875)3965.62500(390 1. fter.
3965625
III, Exchange ’with France.
MONEY-TABLE.
Par in Ster. s. d.
12 Renters') r* fol = o of§
20 fols C njake -< 1 livre =0 9^
3 livres j (^1 crown = 2 5y
At Paris, Rouen, Lyons, <&r. books and. accounts
are kept in livres, fols, and deniers; and the exchange
with Britain is on the crown, or ecij,.of 3 livres, or 60
fols Tournois. Britain gives for the crown an uncertain
number pf penqe, commonly between 39 and 34, the
par, a$ mentioned above, being 29^cl.
260 13 ni
If you work decimally, fay,
Cr. d. Ster. Cr. d. Ster,
As 1 : 31.625 :: 1978 41^ : 62567.427083*
2. How many French livres will L. 121 : 18 : 6 Ster¬
ling amount to, exchange at 32^d. per crown.?
d. Lin. L, s. d.
If 32^ : 3 :: 121 18 6.
8 20
24 2438
29262
. _ 24
117Q48
58524
Liv. fols den.
26'3)7?2283(367.o 5 11 Anf.
Hem. (78) = 5 fols.. 1 * .deniers.
IV.