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GED Corporation, located in the United States, has an accounts payable obligation of 8 0 0 million payable in one year to a bank in

GED Corporation, located in the United States, has an accounts payable obligation of 800 million payable in one year to a bank in Tokyo. The current spot rate is 115$1.00 and the one year forward rate is 110$1.00. The annual interest rate is 3 percent in Japan and 6 percent in the United States. GED can also buy a one-year call option on yen at the strike price of $0.0080 per yen for a premium of 0.010 cent per yen.
At what one-year forward rate would GED be indifferent between money market hedging and forward market hedging?
116$1.00
109$1.00
111.75$1.00
112.72$1.00
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