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I like that you explained the answer in detail.  Thanks.  A+!

Nicely presented and easy to follow - thank you!

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Thank you indeed.

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Excellent!  He made every effort to make sure that the project was
completed as I wanted.

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Great work. Nicely formatted Microsoft Word answer. Dedicated server
for documents. Fantastic!

Thank you. As you suggested I will put the details in a different
question which I hope you will answer, but since I have to print them
out anyway I put them down here also. They are the option closing
prices for:
calls with striking prices immediately above the price on the date
given in the following table.
puts with striking prices immediately below the price on the date
given in the following table:

Underlying    3 first         Date of option quote desired
 stock       letters        +5 days before and 5 days after
                           
SPRT          RQJ                 Feb 6, 04
MW            MW                  Jan 9, 04
HELE          EHQ                 Oct 24, 03
ACS           ACS                 Oct 03, 03
HP            HP                  July 25,03 
AMHC          QMH                 July 18,03

I had to clarify question multiple times. User responded quickly and politly.

Elmarto always provides excellent answers!  Thanks!

thanks for calling my attention to the web sites listed.

Great stuff. Thanks.

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Thank you so much, especially for taking the time to explain the steps in words.

i understand fully what is done here
thanks

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always able to understand the process

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best tutor!

very good at explaining how things work

thank you so much elmarto!! excellent answer and great clarification!

your answers are VERY thorough and always complete - they are
explained in a way that I can understand and follow you through them. 
Thanks for all your help!
K9 Queen

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for

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Hi elmarto,

Thank you for your insight into finding a solution, it's a direction I
hadn't considered before. I see the the heart of the bisection
calculation is similar to a binary search so I'm comfortable with
that. I believe it will be helpfull. Great answer!  :)

Thanks,
Alan

Thank you very much. Would you be able to answer any of the other sets ?

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Thank you so much for the clarification on the answer
elshana

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