= Homework: Lab 07 Question 3, Problem 12-8 (algorithmic) Part 3 of 6 HW Score: 61.22%, 3.06 of 5 points O Polnts: 0 of 1 Save Rolls-Royce Turbine Engines. Rolls-Royce is struggling with its pricing strategy with a number of its major customers in Continental Europe, particularly Airbus. Since Rolls-Royce is a British company with most manufacturing of the Airbus engines in the United Kingdom, costs are predominantly denominated in British pounds. But in the period shown in the popup window, B. 20072009, the pound steadily weakened against the euro. Rolls-Royce has traditionally denominated its sales contracts with Airbus in Airbus home currency, the euro. After completing the table answer the following questions: a. Assuming each Rolls-Royce engine marketed to Airbus is initially priced at 22.74 million each, how has the price of that engine changed over the period shown when priced in euros at the current spot rate? b. Complete the table in the popup window. . What is the cumulative percentage change in the price of the engine in euros for the two-year period? c. If the price elasticity of demand for Rolls-Royce turbine sales to Airbus is relatively inelastic, and the price of the engine in British pounds never changes over the period, what does this price change mean for Rolls-Royce's total sales revenue on sales to Airbus of this engine? d. Compare the prices and volumes for the first quarter of each of the three years shown in the table in part b above. Who has benefitted the most from the exchange rate changes? . B. The price of the engine in curos has decreased over the three-year period due to the appreciation of the curo over the period. OC. The price of the engine in euros has increased over the three-year period due to the depreciation of the euro over the period. OD. The price of the engine in euros has increased over the three-year period due to the appreciation of the euro over the period. b. Complete the table below: (Round to two decimal places.) Date 1Q 2007 1Q 2008 1Q 2009 % Chg E 22.74 1.4908 33.90 22.74 1.3155 29.91 22.74 1.1046 25.12 % Price (in millions of pounds, ) Spot rate (/E) 6/8) Price (in millions of euros, ) Sales volume (engines) Total cost to Airbus (millions of C) Total revenue to RR (millions of E) 300 330 20.00% 10.170 9,870 360 9,043 8,186 % E 6,822 7,504 % Help me solve this View an example Get more help Clear all Check
