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What is the formula to calculate price per share?

Price per share is also used to refer to an investor's individual price per share when a fixed amount of stocks are purchased each month, compared to a fixed amount of dollars being spent on stocks each month. In this situation, the formula is actually calculating the average price per share to give the investor a better comparison for deciding upon future investments. The average price per share is calculated by dividing the total amount paid for shares by the number of shares bought.\nThere are a number of price per share formulas used for stocks, depending on the type and time of inves..

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How do you find midrange?

If a data set consists of 3, 4, 10 and 11, then its minimum is 3, its maximum is 11 and its midrange is 7. This is reached by adding 3 and 11, then dividing by 2, which equals 7.\nThe mode is the data point that occurs most frequently in a data set. The mean is determined by adding all values of a set and dividing by the number of values in that set. The median of a set is reached by assembling the data points in ascending order and pinpointing the data point directly in the middle.

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What is presenting data?

The best methods to use for presenting data vary depending on the type of information, volume and complexity of data and the audience. Coding data is typically used to give numerical numbers to measurements that do not automatically have numbers assigned to them. Coding data is used to make categories of information, such as gender, a mathematical equivalent. Coding data is typically used to present non-mathematical values as numbers through electronic means. This type of data representation is most useful for mathematicians who must enter information into computer systems before it is analyze..

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What is the derivative of cotx?

The derivative of one over the tangent of x can be simplified as the difference of the derivative of the tangent of x subtracted from the tangent of x times the derivative of one, with the whole difference divided by tangent squared of x. From there, the formula becomes the negative secant squared of x, divided by the tangent squared of x.

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What is a 5-sided polygon?

The perimeter of a pentagon is calculated by adding the length of all the sides together. A regular pentagon has all sides of equal length and all interior angles measuring 108 degrees. A regular pentagon is able to be divided into five regular triangles. Finding the area of one of the triangles and multiplying it by five yields the area of the regular pentagon. A real-life example of this five-sided figure is the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., located right outside of Washington, D.C. This five-sided building houses the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Where do people find decimals in real life?

Decimals exist in two forms: terminating and repeating. Terminating decimals end upon reaching a set point, typically after reaching one, two or three successive decimal places. Repeating decimals, in contrast, lack a set end point. They contain a repeating single digit or group of digits and extend infinitely. Most decimals encountered during daily life classify as terminating decimals. Prices on clothes, personal accessories and food products are expressed as numbers followed by one or two decimal places. Decimals can also reveal important financial information, such as the total amount of e..

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What is a polygon with all of its sides and angles congruent?

Every square, by definition, has four sides of equal length and four right angles measuring 90 degrees each. Because the sides and angles are congruent, a square also classifies as a regular polygon.\nAn equilateral triangle is considered a regular polygon because it has three congruent sides and three angles measuring 60 degrees each. The right triangle is not a regular polygon because it has one 90-degree angle and two smaller angles that add up to 90 degrees. In an isosceles right triangle, these two smaller angles both measure 45 degrees each. In a 30-60-90 triangle, one of the smaller ang..

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What is the difference between the x- and y-axis?

The x-axis is essentially an infinite number line running horizontally in both positive and negative directions outward from zero. With the use of such a number line, any number can be found and plotted. The y-axis is a similar number line, only running vertically and perpendicular to the first. By assigning a value for both x and y, any point on a two dimensional plane can be plotted. These values for x and y are called coordinates and given in pairs with the x value first. A point located three units to the right of the origin on the x-axis and two units above the origin on the y-axis is at ..

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How many edges does a pentagonal prism have?

Any type of prism is three-dimensional. They also have a number of features in common. A prism has two bases that are parallel and congruent polygons. Prisms have flat sides, which are commonly called "faces." The number of faces equals the number of sides of the base plus two. The area where two faces meet is called an "edge." However, rounded figures, such as cones, spheres and cylinders, do not have edges. A "vertex" is a corner where two different edges meet.

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How many faces does a cube have?

The volume of a cube is calculated by measuring the length and multiplying by itself twice. For example, a cube with a length of 2 would have a volume of 2 x 2 x 2 = 8. The area of a cube with a length of 2 is calculated by finding the area of each face; in this case it is 2 x 2 = 4, which is then multiplied by the number of faces, which is six on a cube. The answer therefore would be 4 x 6 = an area of 24. Shapes that are similar to a cube but with different length faces, such as a shoe box, are called cuboids.

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