Question

Suppose DeGraw Corporation, a U.S. exporter, sold a solar heating station to a Japanese customer at a price of 130.5 million yen, when the exchange rate was 140.0 yen per dollar. In order to close the sale, DeGraw agreed to make the bill payable in yen, thus agreeing to take some exchange rate risk for the transaction. The terms were net 6 months. If the yen fell against the dollar such that one dollar would buy 154.4 yen when the invoice was paid, what dollar amount would DeGraw actually receive after it exchanged yen for U.S. dollars

Answer 1

Answer:

$845,207.3

Explanation:

Calculation for what dollar amount would DeGraw actually receive after it exchanged yen for U.S. dollars

First step is to calculate the exchange rate of 1 yen for 140.0 yen per dollar and 154.4 yen

Exchange rate of 1 Yen = $1 /140

Exchange rate of 1 Yen= $0.007142858

Exchange rate of 1 Yen = $1 / 154.4

Exchange rate of 1 Yen= $0.006476684

Now since the price for the item bought was 130,500,000 Yen which means that the exchange rate for 1 Yen will be $0.006476684

Now let calculate the dollar amount

Dollar amount=(130,500,000 *$0.006476684) / 1

Dollar amount= $845,207.3

Therefore the dollar amount that DeGraw would actually receive after it exchanged yen for U.S. dollars is $845,207.3