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You are an Australian treasurer with AUD1,000,000 to invest. The Australian dollar-euro exchange rate is quoted...

You are an Australian treasurer with AUD1,000,000 to invest. The Australian dollar-euro exchange rate is quoted as $1.60 = €1.00 and the dollar-pound exchange rate is quoted at $2.00 = £1.00. If a bank quotes you a cross rate of £1.00 = €1.25, how much money can an astute trader make?

Select one:

a. AUD 250,000

b. AUD 500,000

c. AUD 1,160,000

d. No arbitrage profit is possible

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Cross over rate using individual exchange rates = 2/1.6 = 1.25

Given cross over rate is same at 1.25

No arbitrage profits are available.

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