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Suppose your company imports computer motherboards from Singapore. The exchange rate is given in Figure 21.1. You have just placed an order for 30,000 motherboards

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Suppose your company imports computer motherboards from Singapore. The exchange rate is given in Figure 21.1. You have just placed an order for 30,000 motherboards at a cost to you of 229.5 Singapore dollars each. You will pay for the shipment when it arrives in 90 days. You can sell the motherboards for $195 each. a. What is your profit at the current exchange rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places. Negative answers should be indicated by a minus sign. Omit $ sign in your response.) Profit at the current exchange rate $ b. What is your profit if the exchange rate goes up by 10 percent? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places. Negative answers should be indicated by a minus sign. Omit $ sign in your response.) Profit if the exchange rate up by 10% $ c. What is your profit if the exchange rate goes down by 10 percent? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places. Negative answers should be indicated by a minus sign. Omit $ sign in your response.) Profit if the exchange rate down by 10% d. What is the break-even exchange rate? (Round the final answer to 4 decimal places. Omit S$ sign in your response.) Break-even exchange rate S$ /$ e. What percentage rise or fall does this represent in terms of the Singapore dollar versus the Canadian dollar? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input the value as a positive number. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Percentage change % (Click to select) Exchange rate quotations SPOT EXCHANGE RATES Inverse rate Luvere rate Latest 4-wk sch A US$ buys Canadian Prev. day Day Sch Wsch 1.2852 0.8 10 A CADS buys Latest USS 0.7337 Prev day Day Schwch 4-wk sch 0.7898 -0.8 -10 -3.4 1.2954 3.5 0.7837 1.2700 Euro 0.8431 0.8384 0.6 22 1.1010 Euro 0.7118 0.5 -0.4 -1.2 1.4015 0.7080 96.9992 0.5 0.7 0.0081 96.7324 -0.3 -0.3 -3.4 0.0103 Japanyen British pound 109.1054 122.8155 0.7382 0.6145 1.0018 0.9382 0.2 0.9 05 1.5186 Japan yen UK pound Swiss franc 0.5060 0.5090 -0.6 -0.2 -2.9 1.9761 Swiss franc 1.2 0.6 1.5 1.0514 0.7439 0.7410 04 -04 -2.0 1.3442 Australians 1.3428 0.5 1.5 0.7404 Australia 1.0885 1.0609 -0.2 0.5 1.3 0.9448 Mexican peso 19.5819 15.7101 nil -0.2 19 0.0636 Metico peso 12.3161 12.4078 -0.7 -1.2 -1.6 0.0812 7.8496 7.7512 nil nil 0.1290 Hong Kong 6,0753 6.1218 -0.8 -1.0 -3.4 0.1646 Hong Kong $ Singapore 5 Chinese renminbi 1.3408 1.3512 04 0.6 08 0.7368 1.0672 -0.3 -04 -2.6 0.9401 Singapore China renminbi 1.0637 4.8642 6.3713 6.2089 nil nil 0.1611 4.9037 -0.8 -1.1 -34 0.2056 Indian rupee 67.1779 63.3715 0.1 0.3 -10 0.0155 India rupee 49.7266 50.0505 -06 -0.7 4.3 0.0201 Russian rouble 63.5052 56.3868 0.3 3.7 0.0172 Russia rouble 44.3232 14.5341 -os -1.0 0.2 0.0226 Brazilian real 3.5649 -0.7 -0.3 1.4 0.3185 Brazil real 2.4604 2.4968 -1.5 -1.3 -2.1 0.4064 3.1613 3.7655 Israeli shekel 3.6177 0.2 0.2 -1.7 0.2650 Israel shekel 2.9572 2.9740 -0.6 -0.8 --5.0 0.3382 FORWARD EXCHANGE RATES Per USS Imo 2 yr 3 yr 4 yr 5 CS 1.2961 1.2946 1.2922 1.2880 1.2813 1.2755 1.2736 1.2714 euro 1.1699 1.1753 11841 1.2036 1.2430 1.2799 1.3134 1.3437 Yen 109. 1999 108.7461 1079948 106,3232 102.5601 99.411596.099092.9400 13330 1.3368 1.3426 1.3554 1.3812 1.4047 1.4261 1.4455 Per CADS 11 30 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 4 yr 5 y USS 0.7716 0.7725 0.7739 0.7764 0.7805 0.7838 0.7852 0.7865 cum 1.5162 1.5216 1.5301 1.5926 1.6329 1.6728 1.7054 1.5502 82.55 Yen 84.25 84.00 83.58 S0.28 77.92 75.45 73.10 1.7276 1.7305 1.7349 1.7458 1.7697 1.7921 1.8163 1.8379 CROSS-RATES Pound Frane Dollar Euro Peso Yen CAD Canada 1.5135 1.7206 1.3133 0.0119 1.2973 109.44 0.0651 5.09 Japan 127.70 145.65 110.78 8436 Mexico 19.9425 23.270926.5425 20.1878 0.1822 15.3723 Switzerland 0.9879 1.1527 1.3148 0.0195 00090 0.7615 UK 0.7513 0.8767 0.7606 0.0377 0.0069 0.5792 Euro 0.8570 1.1406 0.8675 0.0130 0.0078 0.6606 US 1.1669 1.33095 1.012299 0.050144 0.009138 0.7708

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