Solution

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Interpret and as trading dates in the discrete model; a payoff at nondates would require an interpolation convention absent from the question. Put . Under , the independent stock returns after give
The ratio payoff is therefore independent of under , and its time-zero price is
At any date , its price is the same expectation discounted only for the remaining periods. The formula uses the ratio payoff actually specified; multiplying it by would define a different, conventional monetary forward-start call.

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