Mrs. Stark paid $6,000 for 100 shares of stock A and $4,000 for 100 shares of stock B. She later sold the same shares of both stocks, gaining 3/8 the amount she paid for stock B. If the prices she had paid for the stocks had been reversed and everything else remained the same, then the net result would have been: Choices
A) The same.  B) A loss 1 1/2 times as much.  C) A loss 2 times as much.  D) A loss 9 times as much  E) A gain 1 1/2 times as much
A = 6000; B = 4000; Profit = (3/8)*4000= 
<gadget id="calculator">(3/8)*4000</gadget>
<output>1_500</output>
1500   After prices are reversed:   A= 4000; B = 6000; Profit = (3/8)*6000= 
<gadget id="calculator">(3/8)*6000</gadget>
<output>2_250</output>
2250   2250= 3/2(1500) --&gt; Gain of 3/2 times 1500   Answer: A gain 1 1/2 times as much
<result>E</result>
Mrs. Stark paid $6,000 for 100 shares of stock A and $4,000 for 100 shares of stock B. She later sold the same shares of both stocks, gaining 3/8 the amount she paid for stock B. If the prices she had paid for the stocks had been reversed and everything else remained the same, then the net result would have been: