Consider the Following Prices from a McDonald's Restaurant

question 86

Multiple Choice

Consider the following prices from a McDonald's Restaurant:

A McDonald's Big Mac value meal consists of a Big Mac sandwich, large Coke, and a large fries. Assume that there is a competitive market for McDonald's food items and that McDonald's sells the Big Mac value meal for $4.59. Does an arbitrage opportunity exists and if so how would you exploit it and how much would you make on one value meal?

• A) Yes, buy a value meal and then sell the Big Mac, Coke, and fries to make arbitrage profit of $0.67.
• B) No, no arbitrage opportunity exists.
• C) Yes, buy a Big Mac, Coke, and fries, then sell a value meal to make arbitrage profit of $1.34.
• D) Yes, buy a Big Mac, Coke, and fries, then sell a value meal to make arbitrage profit of $0.67.

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