A farmer sells futures contracts at a price of $3.65 per bushel. The spot price of corn is $3.15 at contract expiration. The farmer harvested 21,000 bushels of corn and sold futures contracts on 20,000 bushels of corn. Ignoring the transaction costs, how much did the farmer improve his cash flow by hedging sales with the futures contracts? Group of answer choices   9,500 10,500 8,900 10,000 9,000

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