The table lists foreign exchange rates for May 29, 2015. On that day, how many dollars would be required to purchase 1,500 units of each of the following: British pounds, Canadian dollars, EMU euros, Japanese yen, Mexican pesos, and Swedish kronas? Round your answers to the nearest cent.
Sample Exchange Rates: Friday, May 29, 2015 | ||
Direct Quotation: U.S. Dollars Required to Buy One Unit of Foreign Currency (1) |
Indirect Quotation: Number of Units of Foreign Currency per U.S. Dollar (2) |
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Australian dollar | $1.0756 | 0.9297 |
Brazilian real | 0.6385 | 1.5662 |
British pound | 1.6426 | 0.6088 |
Canadian dollar | 1.0392 | 0.9622 |
Chinese yuan | 0.1553 | 6.4392 |
Danish krone | 0.1923 | 5.2004 |
EMU euro | 1.4323 | 0.6982 |
Hungarian forint | 0.00527 | 189.75 |
Israeli shekel | 0.2887 | 3.4641 |
Japanese yen | 0.01297774 | 77.06 |
Mexican peso | 0.0846 | 11.8205 |
South African rand | 0.1488 | 6.7217 |
Swedish krona | 0.1577 | 6.3420 |
Swiss franc | 1.2983 | 0.7703 |
Venezuelan bolivar fuerte | 0.22988506 | 4.3500 |
Note: Column 2 equals 1.0 divided by Column 1. However, rounding differences do occur. | ||
Source: Adapted from The Wall Street Journal (online.wsj.com), June 1, 2015. |
British pounds | = | $ |
Canadian dollars | = | $ |
EMU euros | = | $ |
Japanese yen | = | $ |
Mexican pesos | = | $ |
Swedish kronas | = | $ |
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