Lauren has a margin account and deposits $50,000 into it. Assume the prevailing margin requirement is 40

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Lauren has a margin account and deposits $50,000 into it. Assume the prevailing margin requirement is 40 percent, interest and commissions are ignored, and the Gentry Wine Corporation is selling at $35 per share. 

a. How many shares can Lauren purchase using the maximum allowable margin? 

b. What is Lauren's profit (loss) if the price of Gentry's stock i. rises to $45 and Lauren sells the stock? ii. falls to $25 and Lauren sells the stock? 

c. If the maintenance margin is 30 percent, to what price can Gentry Wine fall before Lauren will receive a margin call?

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