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Question 1:
The exchange rates in New York are: $1 = AUD 1.113 and $1 = £0.658
A dealer is offering a quote: AUD 1 = £0.7617.
What is the profit you can earn on $24,541 using triangle arbitrage?
Question 2:
You are given the following quotes:
U.S. dollar/Brazilian Real = 0.3027
U.S. dollar/Australian Dollar = 0.7643
U.S dollar/Chinese Yuan = 0.1434
What is the Brazilian Real/Chinese Yuan cross rate?
Answer to Question 1:
| USD > AUD > Pound > USD | |||
| USD | AUD | Pound | USD | 
| $24,541 | $27,314.133 | £20,805.18 | $31,618.81 | 
| $1 = AUD 1.113 and $1 = £0.658 | |||
| dealer is offering a quote: AUD 1 = £0.7617. | |||
| Convert USD To AUD = 24541*1.113 | 27314.133 | ||
| Convert this AUD to Pound = 0.7617X27314.133 | 20805.17511 | ||
| Re-convert this 20805.17511 pounds | |||
| to USD @ $1 = £0.658, = 20805.17511 / 0.658 | 31618.80715 | ||
| Less : amount invested | $24,541 | ||
| Profit from arbitrage | $7,078 | ||
Answer to Question 2:
| First | |||||
| Convert U.S. dollar/Brazilian Real = 0.3027 to Brazilian Real / U.S. dollar = 1/0.3027 = | 3.303600925 | ||||
| It is given that U.S dollar/Chinese Yuan = 0.1434 | |||||
| Brazilian Real/Chinese Yuan cross rate = | |||||
| (Brazilian Real / U.S. dollar) X (U.S dollar/Chinese Yuan) = 3.30360092500826 X 0.1434= | 0.473736373 | ||||
Brazilian Real/Chinese Yuan = 0.473736373
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