QUESTION 1 The price of a good is $5.56in the USA and £4.42 in Britain and theexchange rate is £0.98. If you purchasea good from the UK, then how manygoods from the US do you forgopurchasing? (Round to the nearesthundredth.)QUESTION 2The price of oil is $5.83 in the USA and £4.73 in Britain and the exchange rate is £0.85. You have an oil budget of $39 and want to buy as much oil as possible.What is the maximum amount of oil you can afford? (Round to the nearest hundredth.)

To solve both questions, we'll first calculate the equivalent price of the goods or oil in dollars,…

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3. Exchange rates and U.S. exports: A graphical relationship The following graph shows exports from the United States to Japan. (Note: U.S. exports are measured in yen on this graph, which will enable you to see U.S. exports on the same graph as Japanese exports in a later problem.) [Please see the image] Referring to the graph, why does the line showing exports from the United States slope upward? 1. The lower the price of the yen in term of dollars, the lower the exports from the United States to Japan. 2. The higher the price of the yen in term of dollars, the higher the exports from Japan to the United States. 3. The higher the price of the yen in term of dollars, the lower the exports from the United States to Japan. 4. The lower the price of the yen in term of dollars, the higher the exports from the United States to Japan. Suppose that the exchange rate goes from $10 per 1,000 yen to $8 per 1,000 yen. On the previous graph, adjust the…

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