You Just Returned from Some Extensive Traveling Throughout the Americas

question 151

Multiple Choice

You just returned from some extensive traveling throughout the Americas. You started your trip with $10,000 in your pocket. You spent 1.4 million pesos while in Chile. You spent another 40,000 bolivars in Venezuela. Then on the way home, you spent 34,000 pesos in Mexico. How many dollars did you have left by the time you returned to Canada given the following exchange rates?

• A) $3,887
• B) $4,039
• C) $4,117
• D) $4,244
• E) $4,299

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Definitions:

Total Surplus

The overall net benefit to society, calculated as the sum of consumer surplus (benefits to consumers) and producer surplus (benefits to producers) from a transaction.

Monopolist

An entity that is the sole provider of a particular good or service in a market, often characterized by their ability to influence pricing and availability.

Marginal Cost

The incremental expense incurred when a business produces another item of its product line.

Marginal Cost

The elevation in total spending caused by the assembly of one additional unit of a product or service.