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The price of a stock appreciated by 45.7% of its value last month and then depreciated by 45.7% this month. By what percent did the stock appreciate or depreciate over the 2-month period? Express your answer as a positive or negative value based on the direction of the percentage change, rounding your answer to two decimal places.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Lets say the original stock was £100. 

Increasing by 45.7% gives us the new value of £145.7 (100 x 1.457)

Then decrease by 45.7% gives us £79.1151 (145.7 - (145.7 x 0.457))

so the decrease in percentage is 100 - 79.1151

= 20.88%

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Sujeet Kushwaha · Answer

let the price be 100 

 than ist month apreciation 45.7

now price becomes 145.7  n in this month depriciate by 45.7%

thta is 145.70* 45.7%=66.5849

145.7-66.59 =79.11

stock depriciate by 20.89% 

or -20.89%

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