In September 2016 you purchased a 125 shares of Grainger stock for $224.84. It is now September 2019 and Grainger stock is currently priced at $295.56. If you were to sell today at this price, what would be your capital gain (loss) on the sale, ignoring commissions

Gain in capital = $ 70.72

Explanation:

Given:

- The price of stocks when purchased P_o = $ 224.84

- The price of stocks when sold P_s = $ 295.56

Find:

what would be your capital gain (loss) on the sale, ignoring commissions

Solution:

- The capital gain or loss on the selling of stocks stems from the difference of buying and selling value of stocks. The original price of stock was P_o and the selling price would be P_s. The difference would be:

                             capital gain = P_s - P_o

                             capital gain =  $295.56 - $224.84

                             capital gain = $ 70.72

- Hence, there would be a gain in capital if sold today for about $ 70.72.

answer: 802.3 kilo joules of energy represents 191.75 kilo calorie of energy.

explanation:

energy released during combustion of one mole methane = 802.3 kilo joules

if 1 kilo joule = 0.239006   kilo calorie

then ,802.3 kilo joule will be = 802.30.239006 kilo calorie

802.3 kilo joule = 191.75 kilo calorie

hence, the energy in kilo calorie is 191.75 kilo calorie.