Suppose there is a simple index of two stocks, stock A and stock B. Stock A opens on Monday with 8000 shares at $4.75 per share. Stock B opens on
Monday with 5000 shares at $5.12 per share. Stock A opens on Tuesday at
$5.40 per share, and stock B opens on Tuesday at $5.72 per share. Both
stocks have the same number of shares that they opened with on Monday.
What is the rate of change of this simple index over 1 day?
A. 11.4%
B. -12.9%
C. -11.4%
D. 12.9%

D. 12.9%

Explanation:

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henry is an economist and wants to understand the relationship between inflation and consumer spending habits. for his research, he needs the consumer price index for 2014 and the inflation rate. based on the prices of goods given, what will he find to be the cpi and inflation rate for 2014? assume that a consumer’s basket for three consecutive years consists of the following:

you dont privide answer choices.

answer - 15% of a inflatation rate is 15% less in cpi