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Suppose that XTel currently is selling at $50 per share. You buy900 shares using $36,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainderof the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin loanis 9%.a. What is the percentage increase in the net worth of yourbrokerage account if the price of XTel immediately changes to (a)$56; (b) $50; (c) $44? (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter"0" wherever required. Negative values should be indicated by aminus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)b. If the maintenance margin is 20%, how lowcan XTel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (Roundyour answer to 2 decimal places.)c. How would your answer to requirement 2 wouldchange if you had financed the initial purchase with only $22,500of your own money? (Round your answer to 2 decimalplaces.)d. What is the rate of return on your marginedposition (assuming again that you invest $36,000 of your own money)if XTel is selling after one year at (a) $56; (b) $50; (c)$44? (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign.Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)e. Continue to assume that a year has passed. Howlow can XTel’s price fall before you get a margin call?(Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)