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Consider the following prices from a McDonald's Restaurant:
Big Mac Sandwich | $2.99 |
Large Coke | $1.39 |
Large Fry | $1.09 |
A McDonald's Big Mac value meal consists of a Big Mac sandwich, large Coke, and a large fry. Assume that there is a competitive market for McDonald's food items and that McDonald's sells the Big Mac value meal for $4.79. Does an arbitrage opportunity exists and if so how would you exploit it and how much would you make on one value meal?
◦ Yes, buy a Big Mac, Coke, and fries, then sell a value meal to make arbitrage profit of $1.09.
◦ Yes, buy a Big Mac, Coke, and fries, then sell a value meal to make arbitrage profit of $0.68.
◦ Yes, buy a value meal and then sell the Big Mac, Coke, and fries to make arbitrage profit of $0.68.
◦ No, no arbitrage opportunity exists.