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Post, Inc., had a receivable from a foreign customer that is payable in the customer’s l...

Post, Inc., had a receivable from a foreign customer that is payable in the customer’s local currency. On December 31, 2015, Post correctly included this receivable for 200,000 local currency units (LCU) in its balance sheet at $110,000. When Post collected the receivable on February 15, 2016, the U.S. dollar equivalent was $95,000. In Post’s 2016 consolidated income statement, how much should it report as a foreign exchange loss?

a. $–0– .

b. $10,000 .

c. $15,000 .

d. $25,000 .

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