The following accounts are denominated in rubles as of December 31, 2020. For reporting purposes, these accounts need to be stated in U.S. dollars. For each account, indicate the exchange rate that would be used to translate the ruble balance into U.S. dollars under the current rate method. Then, again for each account, indicate the exchange rate that would be used to remeasure the ruble balance to U.S. dollars using the temporal method. The company was started in 2015. The buildings were acquired in 2016 and the patents in 2018.   Exchange rates for 1 ruble are as follows:     2015 1 ruble = $ 0.28 2016 1 =   0.26 2018 1 =   0.25 January 1, 2020 1 =   0.24 April 1, 2020 1 =   0.23 July 1, 2020 1 =   0.22 October 1, 2020 1 =   0.20 December 31, 2020 1 =   0.16 Average for 2020 1 =   0.19

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The following accounts are denominated in rubles as of December 31, 2020. For reporting purposes, these accounts need to be stated in U.S. dollars. For each account, indicate the exchange rate that would be used to translate the ruble balance into U.S. dollars under the current rate method. Then, again for each account, indicate the exchange rate that would be used to remeasure the ruble balance to U.S. dollars using the temporal method. The company was started in 2015. The buildings were acquired in 2016 and the patents in 2018.

 

Exchange rates for 1 ruble are as follows:

 

 
2015 1 ruble = $ 0.28
2016 1 =   0.26
2018 1 =   0.25
January 1, 2020 1 =   0.24
April 1, 2020 1 =   0.23
July 1, 2020 1 =   0.22
October 1, 2020 1 =   0.20
December 31, 2020 1 =   0.16
Average for 2020 1 =   0.19
 
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