If the US Dollar Were Replaced with a "New Dollar" at an at an Exchange

question 69

Multiple Choice

If the U.S. dollar were replaced with a "new dollar" at an exchange rate of 1 new dollar for 8 old dollars, then a mortgage of $100,000 would become a debt of _____ new dollars.

• A) 12,500
• B) 99,992
• C) 100,000
• D) 800,000

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Definitions:

Doublet

A pair of closely spaced lines or peaks observed in spectroscopy or other forms of analysis, indicating two related quantum states.

Singlet

In spectroscopy, a singlet represents a state in which all the electron spins are paired, leading to no magnetic spin multiplicity in the atomic or molecular orbital.

Proton Spin Decoupled

A nuclear magnetic resonance technique where the interaction between hydrogen nuclei and neighboring nuclei is removed to simplify the spectrum.

Triplet

In chemistry, a molecular entity with three similar elements or functional groups in its structure or a magnetic quantum state distinguished by three levels.