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Newberry, Inc., whose reporting currency is the U.S. dollar ($), has a subsidiary in Argentina, whose functional currency also is the $. The subsidiary acquires inventory on credit on November 1, 2017, for 180,000 pesos that is sold on January 17, 2018, for 214,000 pesos. The subsidiary pays for the inventory on January 31, 2018. Currency exchange rates are as follows:
November 1, 2017 |
$ |
0.64 |
= |
1 |
peso |
December 31, 2017 |
0.65 |
= |
1 |
||
January 17, 2018 |
0.66 |
= |
1 |
||
January 31, 2018 |
0.67 |
= |
1 |
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