Asked by JT

find the absolute change between the closing for the Dow Jones ind. average between Jan. 27 - 20,093.78 and Nov. 21 of 23,590.83 round to the hundredths of a point. and round to the nearest 0.01%. thank you.
Answered by Steve
absolute: just subtract one from the other
relative: divide that difference by the starting value (and express as a percent)
Answered by JT
for the first one I got 3497.05 if rounded to the hundredths of a point, the answer is 3500? correct?
Answered by JT
the answer if got for the second part was 23589.83 and rounding to the 0.01% not sure how to achieve that part of the answer.
Answered by Steve
The absolute difference is 3497.05

the relative difference is

3497.05/20093.78 = 0.1740 or 17.40%

you evidently did not read my instructions closely.
Answered by Lisa
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