Q. The stock of Company A lost 4% today to $67.92. What was the opening price of the stock in the beginning of the day?Answer:
Calculate Loss Percentage: To find the opening price of the stock, we need to calculate what price would result in a 4% loss to end up at $67.92. We can represent the opening price as 100% and the closing price after a 4% loss as 96% of the opening price.Let's denote the opening price as P. Then we have:96% of P=$67.92To find P, we need to divide $67.92 by 96% (or $67.921 in decimal form).Calculation:$67.922
Find Opening Price: Now we perform the division to find the opening price.Calculation:P=0.96$67.92P=$70.75
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