Which is bigger 0.45 or 2/5

Suppose there is a simple index of three stocks, stock abc, stock xyz, and stock qrs. stock abc opens on day 1 with 4000 shares at $3.15 per share. stock xyz opens on day 1 with 5000 shares at $4.30 per share. stock qrs opens on day 1 with 6000 shares at $4.60 per share. the price of stock abc on day 8 begins at $3.50. the price of stock xyz on day 8 begins at $3.90. stock qrs opens on day 8 with a price of $4.50 per share. assume that each stock has the same number of shares that it opened with on day 1. what is the rate of change of this simple index over 1 week?

Acollege is selling tickets for a winter fund-raiser. one day, krissa sold 14 adult tickets and 8 student tickets for a total of $376. the next day, she sold 7 adult tickets and 11 student tickets for a total of $272. krissa wanted to find the price of one adult ticket, a, and the price of one student ticket, s. she wrote and solved the following system of equations.

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