document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=356204>Question 356204</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The price of a stock is down 5% today. What percent increase tomorrow would return<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the stock to its original price? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "p = starting price<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Down 5% --> 0.95p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using 0.95p as the base, increasing to 1.0p is an increase of (1 - 0.95)/0.95<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 5/95 = 1/19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=~ 0.05263 = 5.26%<BR>\n" );
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