Question

A certain company stock has decreased by 4$ per share. If keista has 17 shares of this stock, write an integer to represent the total change In the value of her stock.

Answer 1

Answer: The total change in the value of her stock is -68 dollars

Step-by-step explanation: So the value of each share has decreased by 4$

if Keista has 17 shares, then she loses 4$ seventen times, this means that she loses 17*4$ = 68$. Now, because this is a loss, then the value of her stock is 68$ than before.

Answer 2

$ 68

Explanation:

Let original value of a single share to be $ x

For 17 shares, total value of shares will be $17x

After a decrease of $4 per share, new value of a share will be $ x-4

For 17 shares, total value of shares after decrease will be $ 17(x-4) = 17x-68

Total change in the value of her stock will be ; value of shares before decrease-value of shares after decrease

= 17x-(17x-68)

=17x-17x+68

=68