Case-in-brief - Chapter 6 - Argentina Currency Devaluation Your company is currently operating in Argentina. Management is concerned to what extent the Argentine peso will be devalued. It wants to examine two scenarios: one where the currency drops 15% and one where it drops 25%. Currently, the exchange rate is 92 pesos (ARS$ 92) to 1 US dollar (US$1). Contribution after marketing in Argentina was 21% of sales (see Exhibit). Your goal is to maintain this percentage. Exhibit: Argentina Contribution after Marketing (ARS$ Argentine Pesos) Unit Sales Manufacturer Sales Costs Gross Margin Total Marketing Units ARS % 46 325.9 100% 183.3 56% 142.6 44% 73.3 22% Contribution after Marketing 69.3 21% QUESTION 2 How much more sales revenue would be needed in Argentina to maintain your current contribution after marketing? Additional Manufacturer Sales in Argentine Pesos after 15% drop: 0.000 Additional Manufacturer Sales in Argentine Pesos after 25% drop: 0.000

Suppose your company imports computer motherboards from Singapore. The exchange rate is $1.3595 per Singapore dollar. You have just placed an order for 39328 motherboards at a cost to you of S146 Singapore dollars each. You will pay for the shipment when it arrives in 90 days. You can sell the motherboards for $118 each. Calculate your profit if the exchange rates goes down by 12.23% over the next 90 days. NOTE: Enter the number rounding to four DECIMALS. If your decimal answer is 0.034576

Given the following information, take advantage of the triangular arbitrage opportunity and calculate the US dollar profit for an investment of $1,000,000. Keep at least two decimals in your calculations and round at the very end to enter your answer with no decimals (i.e, if your final answer is 9.98, you will enter 10). Singapore dollar in US dollars (USD/SGD) 0.73 US dollars in British pounds (GBP/USD) 0.83 Singapore dollar in British pounds (GBP/SGD) 0.71

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A company manufactures a product in the United States and sells it in England. The unit cost of manufacturing is $52. The current exchange rate (dollars per pound) is 1.213. The demand function, which indicates how many units the company can sell in England as a function of price (in pounds) is of the power type, with constant 27556733 and exponent -2.5. A) Develop a model for the company's profit (in dollars) as a function of the price it charges (in pounds). Then use a data table to find the profit-maximizing price to the nearest pound. Assume that the price ranges from £45 to £100 in increments of £1. Round your answer for the maximum profit to the nearest dollar and your answer for the best price to the nearest pound.                                                                              1. Maximum profit: $______      2. Best price: £ ______