Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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Author: Carl Warren
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.3.2C
To determine
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IRR:
To Indicate:
The Impact of change in foreign current rates on the IRR
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Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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