conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maria buys 8 shares of a stock for $8 each. The stock price increases 50% the first year Maria holds it, then decreases 25% in the second year. What is the final value of all Maria's shares?
  Find the solution.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: First find the initial total value of Maria's purchase: 8 shares * $8/share = $64
  Then find the amount of the first price increase: $64 * .5 = $32
  Add that amount to the initial value to find the value after the first year: $64 + $32 = $96
  Then multiply that amount by 25% to find the amount of the decrease in the second year: $96 * 25% = $24
  Then subtract that amount from the value after the first year to find the final value: $96 - $24 = $72