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Microsoft stock price on this day was $137.49. Source: Compiled from data downloaded from Yahoo! Finance. Refer to the stock options on Microsoft in the Figure 2.10. Suppose you buy a November expiration call option on 200 shares with the excise price of $140. a-1. If the stock price in November is $142, will you exercise your call? O Yes ? ?? a-2. What is the net profit/loss on your position? (Input the amount as a positive value.) Net profit of a-3. What is the rate of return on your position? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Rate of return % b-1. Would you exercise the call if you had bought the November call with the exercise price $130? O Yes O No b-2. What is the net profit/loss on your position? (Input the amount as a positive value.) Net profit of b-3. What is the rate of return on your position? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Rate of return % C-1. What if you had bought an November put with exercise price $140 instead? Would you exercise the put at a stock price of $140? O Yes O No C-2. What is the rate of return on your position? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.)