While Shopping in the Mexican Market,you Find That Limes Cost

question 73

Multiple Choice

While shopping in the Mexican market,you find that limes cost 20 pesos each.You remember that back home they cost 80 cents each.If the Purchasing Power Parity Theory holds,the rate of exchange is:

• A) 25 pesos/dollar or 4 cents/peso.
• B) 80 pesos/dollar or 4 cents/peso.
• C) 5 pesos/dollar or 20 cents/peso.
• D) 5 pesos/dollar or 4 cents/peso.

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