Answer:
Insufficient data.
Step-by-step explanation:
Here, we need to find the percent decrease in the price of the stock during the market decline of March 1, 2001, to March 1, 2002,
i.e [tex]\frac{\text{Price of stocks on 1 March 2001 - Price of stock 1 March 2002}}{\text{Price on 2001}}\times 100[/tex]
(1)
∵ The price of the stock during March 1, 2001 = $56.20,
So, the percentage decrease = [tex]\frac{56.20 - \text{Price of stock March 1, 2002}}{\text{Price on 2001}}\times 100[/tex]
Thus, data is insufficient to find the percentage decrease.
(2) ∵ The price of the stock during January 1, 2002 = 1 quarter of $56.20,
[tex]=\frac{1}{4}(56.20)[/tex]
= $ 14.05
i.e. we have neither price in 1 march 2001 nor price in 1 march 2002.
Thus, data is insufficient to find the percentage decrease.
Even we combined the statements (1) and (2),
The data is insufficient to find the percentage decrease.