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Lori owed some shares of stock in the Peterson company. She recently bought more

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Question

Lori owed some shares of stock in the Peterson company. She recently bought more shares and now she has a total of 1 1/2 times as many shares as she originally owned. Her shares are worth 20$ each and their total worth is $6,000.00. How many shares of stock did Lori originally own? Lori owed some shares of stock in the Peterson company. She recently bought more shares and now she has a total of 1 1/2 times as many shares as she originally owned. Her shares are worth 20$ each and their total worth is $6,000.00. How many shares of stock did Lori originally own?

Explanation / Answer

Lets assume there were x shares

After buying new shares she has 1.5x shares

each share price = 20$

So, total worth = 20*1.5x

30x = 6000.00

x = 2000 shares

She had originally 2000 shares