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Sony exchanges the $1 million at Tokyo Bank for 100 million yen. Tokyo Bank lends the $1 million to Honda Motor Company, which uses it to expand its automobile manufacturing facility in Indiana.

13.6. Suppose the peso-dollar exchange rate is 11 Mexican pesos per U.S. dollar and the price of a Sony laptop is $2,000. What must the price of a Sony laptop be in Mexico for purchasing-power parity hold? (Express your answer in pesos.)

pesos
Please enter a whole number, with no decimal point

By: bob

Sony exchanges the $1 million at Tokyo Bank for 100 million yen. Tokyo Bank lends the $1 million to Honda Motor Company, which uses it to expand its automobile manufacturing facility in Indiana.

13.5. The nominal exchange rate between the yen and the dollar is ________. (Hint: Recall Sony’s exchange with Tokyo Bank.)

A. 100 dollars per yen

B. 1 million yen per dollar

C. 100 yen per dollar

D. 0.1 dollar per yen

By: bob