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Please help me solve this! I have been struggling a while and mainly I need the PROCESS. Give right answer with proper explanation kudos!

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Del Monte will buy 100,000 bushels of corn in three months. To protect against price volatility, they decide to hedge with a three month futures contract at $4.50/bushel. The current price is $4.00/bushel. Corn trades in 5000 bushel contracts. If the price per bushel of corn increased to $4.75 after three months, what is their OVERALL net gain or loss

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