SOLUTION: You buy a stock at $78.51 and it sells at $70.31. What is your percentage of loss?

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Question 91069: You buy a stock at $78.51 and it sells at $70.31. What is your percentage of loss?
Answer by mathispowerful(115)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$78.51 and it sells at $70.31
loss =
= 0.10444 = 10.44%

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