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4. Cray Inc. sold a super computer to the Max Planck Institute in Germany on credit and invoiced 15 million payable in six months. Currently, the six-month forward exchange rate is S1.22/ and the foreign exchange advisor for Cray predicts that the spot rate is likely to be $1.23/ in six months. (a) Explain whether the Cray would use a long or short forward contract on euros for hedging. (b) If you were the financial manager of Cray, would you recommend hedging this euro What is the expected gain/loss from the forward hedging? receivable? Why or why not? (c) Suppose the foreign exchange advisor predicts that the future spot rate will be the same as the forward exchange rate quoted today. Would you recommend hedging in this case? Why or why not