2- Samson Inc. is a specialty firm in the beverage sector. They are considering the import of equipment that costs 142000 Rands and that performs the same as a domestic model that costs $96500. What would the exchange rate have to be, expressed as a dollar cost per Rand, in order to make the alternatives have equal cost?

1 Rand = $

3-Williams Corp. is considering signing contracts that will obligate the firm to purchase 115000 Swiss Francs worth of computer equipment at the end of each calendar quarter for the next 2 years. Williams is also signing a contract with a local high school that will purchase this equipment from Williams at a price of $84000 (U.S.) per quarter. What would Williams' profit or loss be over the life of the contract (8 quarters) if the "In US Dollar" exchange rate is $0.64 over the life of the contract?

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4- Sarah is now in the Singapore airport and has 7500 Singapore dollars in her pocket. Sarah is next going to the Czech Republic and needs Czech Koruna. How many Koruna will she be able to exchange if the "in USD" Singapore Dollar exchange rate is 0.775 and the "in USD" Czech exchange rate is 0.046. ______Czech Koruna Place your answer in number of Czech Koruna rounded to the nearest Koruna. Do not include a comma in your answer.

5- Exxon Oil Corp. is negotiating the purchase of 1 million barrels of oil from a bankrupt competitor to be delivered and paid for in exactly 1 year. Exxon is willing to pay $97 per barrel because they can sell the oil in advance to oil refineries. For political reasons, the oil exporter wants the contract expressed in Pesos. What price per barrel of oil expressed in Pesos is equivalent to $97 if the "in US Dollar" exchange rate for Pesos is $0.1490? _______ Pesos