sales were down, and the ruble had clearly fallen dramatically. And to add debt to injury, Rosneft was due to make a payment of USD$19\mathrm{.}4$ billion in $2015$ on its debt from the BP buyout. a$.$ Assuming a spot rate of RUB$34\mathrm{.}78=$ USD$1\mathrm{.}00$ in July $2014,$ how much was the dividend paid to BP in U$.$S$.$ dollars? b$.$ If Rosneft were to pay the same dividend to BP in July $2015,$ and the spot rate at that time was RUB$75\mathrm{.}03=$ USD$1\mathrm{.}00,$ what would BP receive in U$.$S$.$ dollars? dividend be in July $2015?$ a$.$ Assuming a spot rate of RUB$34\mathrm{.}78=$ USD$1\mathrm{.}00$ in July $2014,$ how much was the dividend paid to BP in U$.$S$.$ dollars? The dividend paid to BP is $\backslash (\backslash$$ $\backslash$quad $\backslash )($Round to the nearest cent.$)$