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Kansas Corp, an American company, has a payment of 5 million euros due to Tuscany Corp. one year from today. At the prevailing spot rate of 0.90 euro/dollar, this would cost Kansas $5,555,556, but Kansas faces the risk that the euro/dollar rate will fall in the coming year, so that it will fall in the coming year, so that it will end up paying a higher amount in dollar terms. To hedge this risk, Kansas has two possible strategies. Strategy 1 is to buy 5 million euros forward today at a one-year forward rate of 0.80 euro/dollar. Strategy 2 is to pay a premium of $100,000 for a one-year call option on 5 million euros at an exchange rate of 0.88 euro/dollar. a. Suppose that in one year the spot exchange rate is 0.85 euro/dollar. What would be Kansas' net dollar cost for the payable under each strategy? b. Suppose that in one year the spot exchange rate is 0.95 euro/dollar. What would be Kansas' net dollar cost for the payable under each strategy? c. Which hedging strategy would you recommend to Kansas Corp? Why?