Chinook, Inc. purchases components from a Japanese company that requires payment in yen (Y); it sells finished products to a German company that pays in euros. On June 1, Chinook ordered components from the Japanese Company costing Y6,890,000 and sold finished goods to the German company with a selling price of $150,000 to be paid in euros. The June 1 spot rates of U.S. dollars for yen and for euros was:  $1 = Y106.0 $1 = E0.84 Required: 1. What is the cost of the Y6,890,000 in dollars? 2. How many euros will Chinook receive from the German company in payment for the finished product? 3. What if the exchange rate of dollars for yen was $1 = Y108? What is the cost of the Y6,890,000 in dollars (rounded to the nearest dollar)?

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Chinook, Inc. purchases components from a Japanese company that requires payment in yen (Y); it sells finished products to a German company that pays in euros. On June 1, Chinook ordered components from the Japanese Company costing Y6,890,000 and sold finished goods to the German company with a selling price of $150,000 to be paid in euros. The June 1 spot rates of U.S. dollars for yen and for euros was: 

$1 = Y106.0

$1 = E0.84

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1. What is the cost of the Y6,890,000 in dollars?

2. How many euros will Chinook receive from the German company in payment for the finished product?

3. What if the exchange rate of dollars for yen was $1 = Y108? What is the cost of the Y6,890,000 in dollars (rounded to the nearest dollar)?

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