SOLUTION: please help me solve the equation: A certain stock starts the day at $27 three-eighths per share. If it drops $2 one- half during the day, what is its closing value?
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Question 175376: please help me solve the equation: A certain stock starts the day at $27 three-eighths per share. If it drops $2 one- half during the day, what is its closing value?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
27 and 3/8=219/8
2 and 1/2=5/2 =20/8
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which equals 24 and 7/8
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