Poppy Plains Bank and River Valley Bank each have reserve requirements of 10 percent. Poppy Plains receives a new cash deposit of $500,000. It retains the required amount of this deposit as a reserve and loans the rest to Eduardo, a filmmaker. Eduardo deposits the entire amount at River Valley Bank. Thanks to Eduardo’s deposit, River Valley can now issue ______ in new loans.
Group of answer choices
$450,000
$405,000
$45,000
$4,500