Question

In 2008, Betserai was a 10-year-old quintrillionaire living in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He was literally rolling in money. In fact, Betserai has so much money that he decided to make kites out of billion dollar bills instead of putting the money into the bank to earn interest. None of Betserai's friends bothered to save their money, either. Rupert was Betserai's American pen pal and heard of Betserai's story and was extremely confused. He was taught that Zimbabwe was one of the poorer countries in the world, or at the least substantially poorer than the United States. Which statement best explains this phenomenon

Answer 1

Explanation:

Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe caused the value of its currency to massively decrease, so that billions in Zimbabwean currency was less than a single US Dollar.

This was why despite being one of the poorest nations in the world, Zimbabweans could just make objects like kites and paper bags with billion dollar bills, because selling those bags and kites would bring them more money than the billion dollar bills themselves were worth.

Answer 2

The answer should be B