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IBM’s stock has been selling for the last year in the range of $70-80. A year ago, the price of IBM was less than or equal to the price of its competitor, Microsoft. Microsoft is now selling at exactly one-eighth of a point below its price last year, but IBM has declined so far that it is only two-thirds the price of Microsoft now. What are the two currently selling at?

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