| Given | |||||||
| The Current Exchange Rate: 1 US $ = 113 Japanese yen | |||||||
| The price of a Big Mac hamburger in the United States is $3.41 | |||||||
| Then as per Purchasing Power Parity Theory, the Big Mac hamburger | |||||||
| price in Japan Should be $3.41 * 113 Japanese yen = 385.33 Japanese yen | |||||||
| Hence the Big Mac hamburger in Japan is Under Priced | |||||||
| Option - B is Correct | |||||||
| Option D- The question has complete information to determine the price. | |||||||
| Option A and C are incorrect, detailed explanation is given above | |||||||
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