To determine the overall gain or loss from the two stocks, we follow these steps.
1. Determine the initial purchase cost for each stock
- Zycodec:
- Number of shares: 40
- Purchase price per share at the lowest price: \[tex]$29.39
- Initial cost: \(40 \times 29.39 = 1175.6\) dollars
- Unix Co:
- Number of shares: 95
- Purchase price per share at the highest price: \$[/tex]16.12
- Initial cost: [tex]\(95 \times 16.12 = 1531.4\)[/tex] dollars
2. Calculate the revenue from selling the shares at the closing price
- Zycodec:
- Closing price per share: \[tex]$34.95
- Revenue from selling: \(40 \times 34.95 = 1398.0\) dollars
- Unix Co:
- Closing price per share: \$[/tex]15.78
- Revenue from selling: [tex]\(95 \times 15.78 = 1499.1\)[/tex] dollars
3. Calculate the overall gain or loss
- Combine the initial costs for both stocks: [tex]\(1175.6 + 1531.4 = 2707.0\)[/tex] dollars
- Combine the revenues from selling both stocks: [tex]\(1398.0 + 1499.1 = 2897.1\)[/tex] dollars
- Overall gain/loss: [tex]\(2897.1 - 2707.0 = 190.1\)[/tex] dollars
Since the calculation results in a positive number, it indicates an overall gain.
Therefore, the overall gain is \[tex]$190.10. However, this amount doesn't exactly match the options given.
Thus, cross-verifying the options and the provided numerical answer, none of the given choices accurately reflect this:
The calculated overall gain matches neither \$[/tex]604.30 (gain or loss) nor \[tex]$660.35 (gain or loss).
Instead, based on the accurate computation:
The correct statement should be:
The overall gain is $[/tex]190.10, but since the options do not provide this value, there might be a miscalculation in the initial consideration or provided values discrepancy.
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