A dairy processor that makes ice cream reviews its historical sales in relationship to summer temperature. It finds that sales drop below a critical value if summer temperature is 10% cooler than average, i.e., below 680 CDDs. Sales drop by $5,000 per seasonal CDD below 680. (the higher the CDD, the warmer the summer). What is the payout per option contract if the cumulative CDD for the month was 550 for the summer season? The payoff per degree day is $20 and the maximum payoff is $12,000. $130 $12,000 $2,600 $13,600 $11,000

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A dairy processor that makes ice cream reviews its historical sales in relationship to summer temperature. It finds that sales drop below a critical value if summer temperature is 10% cooler than average, i.e., below 680 CDDs. Sales drop by $5,000 per seasonal CDD below 680. (the higher the CDD, the warmer the summer). What is the payout per option contract if the cumulative CDD for the month was 550 for the summer season? The payoff per degree day is $20 and the maximum payoff is $12,000. $130 $12,000 $2,600 $13,600 $11,000
 
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