A 10-Year Interest Rate Cap Has a Cap Rate of 4

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Short Answer

A 10-year interest rate cap has a cap rate of 4%, quarterly resets, and a notional principal of $1 million.
i) How many caplets are there underlying the cap? _ _ _ _ _ _
ii) Suppose the three-month interest rate at time 2.5 years is 5.2% per annum. What is the payoff on the interest rate cap resulting from this?
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iii) At what time measured in years from today) would the payoff in ii) be made?
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