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North Bank has been borrowing in the U.S. markets and lendingabroad, thereby incurring foreign exchange risk. In a recenttransaction, it issued a one-year $2.25 million CD at 4 percent andis planning to fund a loan in British pounds at 7 percent. The spotrate of U.S. dollars for British pounds is $1.4530/£1.a.The bank analysts now indicate that the British pound willappreciate such that the spot rate of U.S. dollars for Britishpounds will be $1.4300/£1 by year-end. Calculate the new loan raterequired to earn a 3 percent $net return (net dollars made at endof year are 3% more than the initial borrow amount of $2.25million) if the information about the future spot rate is accurate.(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answerto 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))Loan rate%b.The bank has an opportunity to hedge using one-year forwardcontracts at 1.4600 U.S. dollars per British pound. Calculate the$net return if the bank hedges by selling its expected pound loanproceeds through the forward contract. Use the original loan rategiven in the question, not the rate solved for in part a.(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answerto 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))$Net return%