Describe the five variables like Stock Price, Exercise Price, Risk-Free Rate, Volatility or Standard Deviation, and Time to Expiration that the Black-Scholes-Merton Formula uses to calculate the price of call and put options. Provide an adequate assumptions to support your explanations.

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