lets sat i got a stock at $26.90 and it went up to $34.74...
how much percent did i gain?
2006-12-28 04:38:29 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
better yet how do I figure out percents?
2006-12-28 04:38:56 · update #1
is it 23%???
2006-12-28 04:42:10 · update #2
34.74-26.9 = 7.84
7.84/26.9 = 0.29144981412639405204460966542751
29.14498%
No, it isn't 23 %
Which one you punks gave me a thumbs down? You are just jealous that I was the first to get it right. Screw you hippie.
2006-12-28 04:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If your stock went up from $26.90 to $34.74, you gained $7.84 per share, or just a little over 29%. to do it the hard way, multiply (on your calculator) 26.90 x 10% and gradually increase it until you come up with the closest percentage point to the increase. This is the down and dirty way of doing it, and not how the stock market does it, but you did ask!
2006-12-28 04:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well to find a percent of a number you make it into an equation.
ok so like this:
What percent of 34.74 is 26.90?
WP X's 34.74 = 26.90
divide by 34.74 to get the unknown by itself.
you end up with about 8 dollars.
hope that helps.
2006-12-28 04:44:42 · answer #3 · answered by shellybelly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How are you gonna pick a best answer if you don't know which the best one is?
Ok, you started with 26.90 and now have 34.74 for an increase of 7.84.
Next multiply 7.84 by 100 then divide by 26.90 to get result in percent.
784/26.9 = 29.14%
2006-12-28 04:45:44 · answer #4 · answered by OOGLY 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Divide $26.90 by $34.74 and it gives you 0.77, which you convert to a percent by moving the decimal two places to the right...giving you 77% I think that is right.
2006-12-28 04:41:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Oh dear...how did you get 23%....that's definately not it hun. This is how you do it:
Take 34.74 and subtract 26.90...you get 7.84...take 7.84 and divide it by 26.90 to get ~0.2914(etc.)...move the decimal place....it went up 29.14%
2006-12-28 04:42:25 · answer #6 · answered by Matt 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blunt Honesty's answer and method is correct. I just got out of a chemistry class where we had to do percents all the time. It went up 29.14%
2006-12-28 04:49:12 · answer #7 · answered by funnygrrl19 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Between 20-30 percent. I'm totally estimating.
2006-12-28 04:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by gymspirit 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
29%.
34.74 - 26.90 = 7.84
7.84 / 26.90 * 100 = 29%
2006-12-28 04:49:51 · answer #9 · answered by leilis4 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
34.74/ 26.9 = 1.2914498
29% increase!
Everyone else seems to have much more complicated equations.
Am I being thick?
2006-12-28 04:48:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋