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Exchange rates

The table lists foreign exchange rates for August 3, 2011. On that day, how many dollars would be required to purchase 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: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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)
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
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), August 4, 2011.
British pounds $
Canadian dollars $
EMU euros $
Japanese yen $
Mexican pesos $
Swedish kronas $

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Deanna Hettinger
Deanna HettingerLv2
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