In the US a Box of Tea Costs $5

question 33

Essay

In the U.S. a box of tea costs $5. The same box of tea in Uganda costs 10,000 schillings (the currency of Uganda). If the real exchange rate is 5/4, what is the nominal exchange rate? Show your work.

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