Fundamentals of Financial Management, Concise Edition (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305635937
Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 2DQ
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To prepare: Cross rate table.
Introduction:
Exchange Rate:
The exchange rate is the rate in which price of a country currency is measured in the term of other country’s currency. There are two methods of calculating the exchange rate direct and indirect.
- Direct exchange method: One unit price of the foreign currency is defined in term of domestic currency.
- Indirect method: One unit price of the domestic currency is defined in term of the foreign currency.
Cross rate:
Currency exchange rate of two countries which can be calculated with the help of third country’s currency is called cross rate.
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