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Sept 2003 1.3634 C$/US$

In September 2003, a U.S. retailer wanted to purchase canola oil from a Canadian farm. At that time in Canada, one barrel of canola oil cost C$2.00 (two Canadian dollars). Note that the U.S. retailer had U.S. dollars, so the retailer needed to exchange U.S. dollars for Canadian dollars to buy canola oil from Canada. If the businesses exchanged the canola oil at the spot exchange rate (September 2003), how much did one barrel of canola oil cost in U.S. dollars? (Round to the nearest cent.)

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