Assume that a speculator purchases a put option on british pounds (with a strike price of $1.50) for $.05 per unit. a pound option represents 31,250 units. assume that at the time of the purchase, the spot rate of the pound is $1.51 and continually rises to $1.62 by the expiration date. the highest net profit possible on the option for the speculator based on the information above is: a.$1,562 b. -$1,562 c. -$1,250 d. -$1,250 e. none of the above

Question 3 options: ps.55 four corners is an ibc company that sells delicious navajo tacos in the crossroads food court. part of their success can be attributed to the freshly fried indian bread that is used not only for the tacos, but also for dessert items. as demand grows the fry-bread process is becoming a bottleneck. operations management for the company is looking at two different process options to replace the highly manual process currently being used. option 1 (medium automation) would cost $175 to implement whereas option 2 (high automation) would cost $350. with option 1 the variable cost per fry bread produced would be $0.20. the variable cost for option 2 would be $0.09 per fry bread. at what volume (demand) of fry breads is the cost for the two options the same? (display your answer to two decimal places.)