Asked by julie

Say that the economy is in a recession, which is causing the value of gold to fall by three percent. If you have gold reserves which were previously worth $8,590, how much value have you lost as a result of this recession, to the nearest cent?
a.
$590.00
b.
$286.33
c.
$257.70
d.
$250.19

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
3% of $8,590 = 0.03 × 8,590 = $257.70.
Answer: c. $257.70