Can three or more currency exchange rates simply be multiplied? [closed]

My permanent residence is in the USA and almost all of the money to name is in US dollars (USD) in US accounts. This month I'm in India and may end up having withdrawn more rupees (INR) than I need as a tourist here. From India I'll stopover in Germany for one week, before finally returning to the USA. Naturally, I will need to get some euros (EUR) for this short trip, and I already know that amount is more than the equivalent value of the extra INR I'm holding.

I could either convert my extra INR to EUR, or to USD. In either case the (maybe additional) euros I need would be converted from my USD account, being careful not to withdraw more EUR than I'll need for Germany. I'm wondering if there are any considerations that might favor one or the other conversions, in terms of my overall remaining US funds?

I know there are a lot of factors here, such as different places' exchange fees and that and we cannot predict future exchange rates. I'm not trying to "game" the market's future activity. I think I'm not expecting a straight answer from SE to "please decide for me which currency to covert my rupees" but rather what I really wonder is more theoretical about how foreign exchange markets work:

If 1 INR = p EUR and 1 EUR = q USD, then does 1 INR = pq USD? (assuming fair rates, no fees, and p, q, & pq being measured at the same time.) Would this also be true for any trio (or more, by extension) of world currencies? If not, why not?

(If there is a mathematical name for this property I'm asking about, please enlighten us!)

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How do you multiply exchange rates?

If you know the exchange rate, divide your current currency by the exchange rate. For example, suppose that the USD/EUR exchange rate is 0.631 and you'd like to convert 100 USD into EUR.To accomplish this, simply multiply the 100 by 0.631 and the result is the number of EUR that you will receive: 63.10 EUR.

Do you multiply or divide to convert currency?

To convert from the base currency, we multiply by the exchange rate. Just like multiplying to apply a commodity price. Indeed, our base currency can be viewed as the commodity in the quote. Say we need to convert \u20ac8m into dollars, by applying the exchange rate EUR/USD 1.25.

What are the 3 forms of rates of exchange?

The systems are: 1. Purely Floating Exchange Rates System 2. Fixed Exchange Rates System 3. Managed Exchange Rates System.

What is the meaning of multiple exchange rate?

multiple exchange rates. Definition English: A system where a country will have both fixed and floating foreign exchange rates at the same time, and both can be used when exchanging currencies in that country. In this situation, the market is divided into any number of segments, each with its own exchange rate.

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