Question

Stock Market At the beginning of the day the stock market goes up 50 points and stays at this 2 level for most of the day. At the end of the day the stock market goes down 100 3/4 points from the high at the beginning of the day. What is the total change in the stock market from the beginning of the day to the end of the day? The total change in the stock market is points. (Type an integerproper fractionor mixed number)

Answer 1

Let's begin by listing out the information given to us:

`\begin{gathered} Initialpoint(i)=50(1)/(2) \\ Finalpoint(f)=100(3)/(4) \\ \Delta=|f-i|=|100(3)/(4)-50(1)/(2)| \\ \Delta=|-50(1)/(4)|\Rightarrow50(1)/(4) \\ \Delta=50(1)/(4) \end{gathered}`