Finite Mathematics
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Author: Stefan Waner, Steven Costenoble
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 39E
Stock Investments Exercises 37–42 are based on the following chart, which shows monthly figures for Apple stock in 2010:4
Marked are the following points on the chart:
Jan. 10 | Feb. 110 | Mar. 10 | Apr. 10 | May 10 | June 10 |
211.98 | 195.46 | 218.95 | 235.97 | 235.86 | 255.96 |
July 10 | Aug. 10 | Sep. 10 | Oct. 10 | Nov. 10 | Dec. 10 |
246,94 | 260.09 | 258.77 | 294.07 | 317.13 | 317.44 |
Suppose you bought Apples tock in April. If you later sold at one of the marked dates on the chart, which of those dates would have given you the largest monthly return (on a simple interest basis), and what would that return have been?
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