Jenny Spends 32 Hours a Week,50 Weeks a Year,operating a Bicycle

question 108

Multiple Choice

Jenny spends 32 hours a week,50 weeks a year,operating a bicycle rental store that she owns at a resort community.She also owns a music store in another city that is operated by a full-time employee.Jenny spends 140 hours per year working at the music store.She elects not to group them together as a single activity under the "appropriate economic unit" standard.

• A)Neither store is a passive activity.
• B)Both stores are passive activities.
• C)Only the bicycle rental store is a passive activity.
• D)Only the music store is a passive activity.
• E)None of these.

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Spot Exchange Rate

Buying foreign currency at present-day rates in anticipation of future transactions.

Bank Offers

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An exchange rate system where the price of the currency is largely determined by the supply and demand in the foreign exchange market but where central banks attempt to influence the rate by actively buying and selling currencies.