Babypips schools calculation is confusing for me, need help?

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Hiya,

Thnx a lot for school! but I don’t understand this:
“EUR/USD at an exchange rate of 1.1930: (.0001 / 1.1930) X 100,000 = 8.38 x 1.1930 = $9.99734 rounded up will be $10 per pip
GBP/USD at an exchange rate of 1.8040: (.0001 / 1.8040) x 100,000 = 5.54 x 1.8040 = 9.99416 rounded up will be $10 per pip.”

This is not logically correct: " (.0001 / 1.1930) X 100,000 = 8.38 x 1.1930 " also " (.0001 / 1.8040) x 100,000 = 5.54 x 1.8040"

even if you do this 0.0001 X $100K= $10, so why you multiple and then divide to same number, while equations is not mathematically correct and logically doesn’t have mean?

Thnx

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If my understanding is correct, is because it depends on the base/quote

In this case the 8.38 is in EUR, to obtain the number in USD you multiply it with the conversion rate, which is 1.1930, so the value of a pip is either €8.38 or $10

Here, its the same, a pip value for this pair would either be £5.54 of $10

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