Given:
Total amount dealer has is $1160.
Spend 50% of the fund to buy a 1911 rocking chair and sells it for $710.
[tex]Fund\text{ she spends on chair=}1160\times\frac{50}{100}[/tex][tex]Fund\text{ she spends on chair= \$580}[/tex]a)
[tex]\text{Fund gain on selling the chair= 710-580}[/tex][tex]\text{Fund gain on selling the chair= \$}130[/tex][tex]\text{Percent gain on the investment=}\frac{130}{580}\times100[/tex][tex]\text{Percent gain on the investment=}22.41\text{ \%}[/tex]b)
[tex]\text{New value of the fund=1160+130}[/tex][tex]\text{New value of the fund= \$}1290[/tex][tex]\text{Percentage of original to the new value = }\frac{1290}{1160}\times100[/tex][tex]\text{Percentage of original to the new value =111.21 \%}[/tex]111.21% of the original value of the fund is the new value of the fund.