Given,
Market value = $ 100,000,000
Annual yield of Euro-CP = 6.34% or 0.0634
Annual yield of U.S. bank deposit = 6.54% or 0.0654
Maturity (n) = 150 days
Solution :-

Preferred investment is based on higher yield.
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