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#Title: Currency Converter App

###Summary Get used to syntax and using variables and functions in JavaScript

###Objectives:

create and use variables
create and use functions

###Activity:

Find the exchange rate between dollars and pounds
Store the exchange rate in a variable

Converting dollars to pounds:

Store a dollar amount into a variable.
Convert it to pounds and output "$NN is £NN".

Converting pounds to dollars:

Now store a pound amount into a variable.
Convert it to dollar and output "£NN is $NN."

Cleaning it up:

Can you make sure the output is only 2 decimal places?

Refactoring

Can you refactor the code so that it uses functions? Write a function dollarsToPounds that takes a dollar number as input and outputs a string of what the pound equivalent is.
Do the same for poundsToDollars

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