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Suppose that XTel currently is selling at $50 per share. You buy 600 shares using $22,500 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. What is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of Tel immediately changes to (a) $55; (b) $50: (c) $45? (Leave no cells blank.be certain to enter "o" wherever required. Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) % a. Percentage gain b. Percentage gain c. Percentage gain % % b. If the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can XTel's price fall before you get a margin call? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Price c. How would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $15,000 of your own money? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Strike price d. What is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $ 22,500 of your own money) if XTel is selling after one year at (s) $55; (b) $50; (c) $45? (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) a. Rate of return b. Rate of return a. Rate of return % % % e. Continue to assume that a year has passed. How low can XTel's price fall before you get a margin call? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Price

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