Suppose Yates Inc

question 27

Multiple Choice

Suppose Yates Inc., a U.S.exporter, sold a consignment of antique American muscle-cars to a Japanese customer at a price of 143.5 million yen, when the exchange rate was 140 yen per dollar.In order to close the sale, Yates agreed to make the bill payable in yen, thus agreeing to take some exchange rate risk for the transaction.The terms were net 6 months.If the yen fell against the dollar such that one dollar would buy 154.4 yen when the invoice was paid, what dollar amount would Yates actually receive after it exchanged yen for U.S.dollars?

• A) $1, 075, 958
• B) $1, 025, 000
• C) $1, 000, 000
• D) $975, 610
• E) $929, 404

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Definitions:

Break-Even Sales

The amount of revenue needed to cover total costs, at which point a business neither makes a profit nor incurs a loss.

Margin of Safety

Represents the difference between actual or planned sales and the break-even sales, indicating the amount by which sales can drop before the business incurs a loss.

Contribution Margin Ratio

A financial metric that measures the proportion of sales revenue that exceeds variable costs, indicating how much revenue contributes to fixed costs and profit.

Variable Costs

Costs that vary in direct proportion to changes in levels of an activity or production volume.