Suppose a Nintendo Wii has a price of 24,000 yen in Japan and the yen-dollar exchange rate changes from 80 yen to the dollar to 100 yen to the dollar? What happens to the price of the Wii measured in dollars?

What will be an ideal response?


At 80 yen = $1, the dollar price of the Wii is $300 while at 100 yen = $1, the dollar price of the Wii is $240.

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