Question

Patrick recorded the daily changes of the value of a stock in dollars : -3.40, -8.09 , -2.47, 1.86, and 3.55. What was the average daily change in the stocks value in dollars?

Plz help!

Answer 1

-$1.71

To find the average of a set of numbers, you add them all together and divide by the amount of numbers.

Start by adding the numbers together to get -8.55.

Since they are 5 numbers, divide -8.55 by 5 to get -1.71.

So, the average daily change of the stock’s value is -$1.71.