Elm Company purchased a special-purpose machine from Ritholz Company on credit for 75,000. At the date of

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Elm Company purchased a special-purpose machine from Ritholz Company on credit for €75,000. At the date of purchase, the exchange rate was $1.00 per euro. On the date of the payment, which was made in euros, the value of the euro was $1.25. Did Elm incur an exchange gain or loss? How much was it?

Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...