a. Calculate the U.S. dollar-Swiss franc exchange rate, Es/franc and the U.S. dollar-British pound exchange rate, Es, as of June 30, 2010. b. What happened to the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the Swiss franc and the British pound between 2009 and 2010? Calculate the percentage change in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to each currency using the U.S. dollar-foreign currency exchange rates you calculated in (a). c. Using the information in the table for the most recent year, calculate the Japanese yen- Norwegian krone exchange rate.

a. Calculate the U.S. dollar-Swiss franc exchange rate, Es/franc and the U.S. dollar-British pound exchange rate, Es, as of June 30, 2010. b. What happened to the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the Swiss franc and the British pound between 2009 and 2010? Calculate the percentage change in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to each currency using the U.S. dollar-foreign currency exchange rates you calculated in (a). c. Using the information in the table for the most recent year, calculate the Japanese yen- Norwegian krone exchange rate.

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