Question: Suppose Dow Jones & Co. decided to replace Cisco Systems (CSCO) in DJIA with Alphabet (GOOG) on Oct 8 (by the way, see the Reuters

Suppose Dow Jones & Co. decided to replace Cisco Systems (CSCO) in DJIA with Alphabet (GOOG) on Oct 8 (by the way, see the Reuters article "Big changes in the DJIA in September 2013" in LINKS on why it is not feasible). GOOG stock price was $1485.93 on Oct 8. What would the new divisor value be (provide the number with 6 digits after the decimal point)? (Refer to the Excel Sheet)
Suppose Dow Jones & Co. decided to replace Cisco Systems (CSCO) in

Components of Dow Jones Industrial Average on Oct 8, 2020 Price $ $ AN 7 8 9 JNJ Ticker Company Name Num 1 AXP American Express Co AMGN Amgen Inc AAPL Apple Inc BA Boeing Co 5 CAT Caterpillar Inc 6 CSCO Cisco Systems Inc CVX Chevron Corp GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc HD Home Depot Inc 10 HON Honeywell Intemational Inc 11 IBM Intemational Business Machines Corp 12 INTC Intel Corp 13 Johnson & Johnson 14 KO Coca-Cola Co 15 JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co 16 MCD McDonald's Corp 17 MMM 3M Co 18 MRK Merck & Co Inc 19 MSFT Microsoft Corp 20 NKE Nike Inc 21 PG Procter & Gamble Co 22 TRV Travelers Companies Inc 23 UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 24 CRM Salesforce.Com Inc 25 VZ Verizon Communications Inc 26 V Visa Inc 27 WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc 28 WMT Walmart Inc 29 DIS Walt Disney Co 30 DOW Dow Inc $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ A A A 106.06 240.09 114.97 168.00 156.66 39.79 75.22 207.98 284.52 173.78 131.49 53.37 148.89 50.46 101.78 225.80 167.71 80.48 210.58 129.71 141.65 115.62 322.41 260.22 59.19 202.98 37.07 141.36 123.09 49.38 2020/10/8 28,425.51 DJIA

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