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The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2018, 01:11
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The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 percent since her initial investment in the portfolio. If her initial investment was $16,800, what is the current value of the portfolio?


A. $7,056.00
B. $14,280.00
C. $15,825.60
D. $16,702.56
E. $17,774.40


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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2018, 04:24
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Given:
    • The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 percent since her initial investment in the portfolio
    • Her initial investment was $16,800

To find:
    • The current value of the portfolio

Approach and Working:
We can say 5.8% decrease in very close to 6% decrease.

6% can be calculated as 5% + 1%
    • 100% = 16800
    • 10% = 1680
    • 1% = 168
    • 5% = 840

    • Hence, 6% = 840 + 168 ~ 1000

So, the present value ~ 16800 – 1000 = 15800

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2018, 01:52
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Bunuel wrote:
The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 percent since her initial investment in the portfolio. If her initial investment was $16,800, what is the current value of the portfolio?


A. $7,056.00
B. $14,280.00
C. $15,825.60
D. $16,702.56
E. $17,774.40


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The values are so wide spread that I don't hav eto worry about 5.8 take it as 6
so what is \(16800*\frac{6}{100}\) ~ \(1000\)
so our answer ~ \(16800-1000=15800\)

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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   21 Sep 2018, 21:14
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\(0.942*16800=15825.60\)
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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2018, 09:48
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What I did was:
( 1 - 5.8/100) * 16,800
= 94.2*168
and then from there I noticed that the last non-zero number would be 6 and will be right behind the decimal place and only C fits that answer
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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2019, 04:17
What is the difficulty level of the question? Can this please be updated?

500-600?
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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2019, 04:29
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What is the difficulty level of the question? Can this please be updated?

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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   27 Mar 2019, 16:08
[1] Set Approximate Values

5.8% -> 6%

$16,800 -> $17,000

[2] Solve

.06*17,000 = ~1,000

17,000 - 1,000 = 16,000

Answer C ($15,825.60)
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The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   13 May 2022, 10:07
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Bunuel wrote:
The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 percent since her initial investment in the portfolio. If her initial investment was $16,800, what is the current value of the portfolio?

A. $7,056.00
B. $14,280.00
C. $15,825.60
D. $16,702.56
E. $17,774.40

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I like the ballparking answers already in the thread, but even those miss an opportunity to use the answer choices and OWN ballparking.

We started with 16800 and lost 5.8%.

A. $7,056.00
B. $14,280.00
C. $15,825.60
D. $16,702.56
E. $17,774.40

A is less than half of what we started with. Wrong.
E is more than we started with. Wrong.
D is barely any drop at all. Wrong.
B is a drop of around 2500. That's more than 10% of what we started with, but we only want a drop of 5.8%. Wrong.

Answer choice C.

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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2023, 08:32
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To calculate the current value of Maureen's investment portfolio after it has decreased by 5.8 percent, you can use the following formula:

Current Value = Initial Investment * (1 - Percent Decrease)

Where:
- Initial Investment = $16,800
- Percent Decrease = 5.8% = 0.058

Plugging in these values:

Current Value = $16,800 * (1 - 0.058)
Current Value = $16,800 * 0.942
Current Value = $15,825.60

So, the current value of Maureen's investment portfolio is approximately $15,825.60.
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Re: The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 perce [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2023, 08:40
Given:The value of Maureen's investment portfolio has decreased by 5.8 percent since her initial investment in the portfolio.
Asked: If her initial investment was $16,800, what is the current value of the portfolio?

The current value of the portfolio = 16800 (100% - 5.8%) = $15,825.60

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