Question

an investor owns shares of stock a and stock b. the investor owns a total of 200 shares with a total value of $4000. How many shares of each stock does the investor own?

Answer 1

a = 80 shares of stock A

b =120 shares of stock B

Explanation:

Solved by creating a system of equations

Let a be number of shares of stock A

B number of shares of stock B

a + b = 200

9.5a + 27b = 4000

Solving the two equation

a = 80 shares of stock A

b =120 shares of stock B