Question: a. Using the Black-Scholes-Merton formula, determine the price of a put option.
b. Verify whether the options prices obtained in this and the previous question satisfy put-call parity.
Special Motors Corporation's stock price S is $59, the strike price K is $60, the maturity T is forty-four days, the implied volatility S is 30 percent per year, and the risk-free interest rate r is 3.3 percent per year.