If you deposit $20,000 in cash into a demand deposit account at a bank that faces an 18 percent required reserve ratio the result will be:

a. the bank will add $3,600 to its excess reserves.
b. the bank will add $16,400 to its excess reserves.
c. the bank will add $16,400 to its total reserves.
d. the bank will add $20,000 to its excess reserves.

b

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