SOLUTION: On 51 of the last 75 business days, the stock market either went down or did not change. What percent of the time did the market go up? I do not know where to even start... HELP

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Question 331458: On 51 of the last 75 business days, the stock market either went down or did not change. What percent of the time did the market go up?
I do not know where to even start... HELP PLEASE! :)
Answer by mathmandotcom(31) About Me  (Show Source):
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51 of 75 days the market had no gain or a loss so 24 of the 75 days the market went up. 24/75=8/25=.32 multiply by 100 to get the percent
answer 32%
I hope this helped!