Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Personal Finance - 8.3 Simple Interest - Exercise Set 8.3 - Page 512: 4

Answer

$I=\$31.20$

Work Step by Step

The formula for simple interest is: $I=Prt$ where P = principal amount borrowed r = interest rate per year t = time Use the formula above to obtain: $I=\$260(4\%)(3) \\I=\$260(0.04)(3) \\I=\$31.20$
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