Question

At the beginning of t he year, the price of stock A was 35% greater than the price of stock B. Over the course of the year, the price of stock A doubles while the price of stock B decreased by 10%. At the end of the year, how many times greater was the price of stock A than the price of stock B?

Answer 1

I'll walk you through it OK.

Answer 2

First, let's start with B. We need the value of B to be easy to work with. So, let's make the value of B be 100.

Answer 3

35% of 100 is 35. So if A is 35% more than B, then what is the value of A.

Answer 4

Tag me when you're ready. I'm going to try and help someone else.

Answer 5

so you plug in b as 35