Question: Use the option quote information shown here to answer the questions that follow. The stock is currently selling for $80. Option Expiration Strike Price Calls

Use the option quote information shown here to answer the questions that follow. The stock is currently selling for $80.

Option Expiration Strike Price Calls Puts
Volume Last Volume Last
RWJ March 72 250 5.20 180 5.30
April 72 190 11.05 147 10.05
July 72 159 11.90 63 13.85
October 72 80 12.80 31 12.45

a-1. Are the call options in or out of the money?
multiple choice 1

In the money

Out of the money

a-2. What is the intrinsic value of an RWJ Corporation call option?

b-1. Are the put options in or out of the money?
multiple choice 2

In the money

Out of the money

b-2. What is the intrinsic value of an RWJ Corporation put option?

c-1. Two of the options are clearly mispriced. Which ones? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.)
check all that apply

March call

April call

October call

March put

October put

April put

c-2.

What is the arbitrage profit you could make on each of the mispriced options? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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