A trader has purchased 200 shares of a stock at £100per share on margin. The terms of the loan obtainedfrom the trader's broker are as follows. The initialmargin is 50%, the interest rate on the loan is 8%, andthe trader has agreed to maintain a margin of 20%.How low the price can drop in a year before the traderreceives a margin call?F

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