You are a currency trader specializing in the Japanese yen, and you are confident that the spot exchange rate will be 116 per dollar in six months based on your analysis. The current spot exchange rate is 121 per dollar, and the six-month forward rate is 111 per dollar. Assume that you would like to buy or sell 100,003,000. Use direct quotes in your calculations. Enter the numeric portion of your answer without the currency symbols.

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a-1. How should you speculate in the forward market to make a profit?

a-2. What is the expected dollar profit from speculation? (Note: Round intermediate calculations to 5 decimal places. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)

b. What would be your speculative profit in dollar terms if the spot exchange rate turns out to be 116 per dollar in six months? (Note: Round intermediate calculations to 5 decimal places. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)