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rates remained the same over your trip, how much do you have left in U. S. dollars?
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Currency exchange rates. On the day you arrive in England, the exchange rate for U. S. dollars and British pounds is $ 1: pound 0.53 You have $ 3900, which you convert to pounds. While you remain in England for the next two weeks, the exchange rate falls to $ 1:£ 0.490 As you leave England, you convert the £ 126 you have left to dollars. How much did you spend in England in U. S. dollars? Did the movement in the exchange rate help or hurt you?
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