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Plus 15% of 95, which is the same thing as 95 plus 14.25, And so it turns out that IĪctually made an addition error, and the answer is 14.25. Than 15, so I knew my answer of 15.25 was wrong. That 15% of 100 is 15, so if 15% of 100 is 15, how canġ5% of 95 be more than 15? I think that might Interesting question? How did I know thatġ5.25 was a mistake? Well, I did a reality check. And we bring the 0 here, it'sĩ5, 1 times 5, 1 times 9, then we add 5 plus 0 is 5,ħ plus 5 is 12- oh. Actually, is that right? I think I made a mistake here. 5 times 5 is 25, 9 times 5 isĤ5 plus 2 is 47, 1 times 95 is 95, bring down the 5,ġ2, carry the 1, 15. I think I'm about to run out of space- 95 times 0.15. Another way to say it, the 95ĭollars has grown by 15%. Times, it's a little higher than a decimal- So 95 plusĠ.15 times 95 is what we have now, right? Because we started with 95ĭollars, and then we made another 15% times what So we know we write 15% as aĭecimal, as 0.15, so 95 plus 0.15 of 95, so this is Investor, that 95 dollars is going to grow by 15%. Going to grow just because I was an excellent stock

95 dollars, right? And I'm going to earn, or I'm So I'm starting with $95.00,Īnd I'll get rid of the dollar sign. I think you might be able toįigure this out on your own, but of course we'll do someĮxample problems, just in case it's a little confusing.

This year in my stock portfolio with $95.00.

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