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The Simple Interest Formula
1 .
Find the interest on a loan of $3,400 for one year at a simple interest rate of 12% per year.
$400
$340
$428
$408
2 .
Find the interest paid on a loan of $600 at 7 1/2% annual simple interest for two years.
$180
$90
$45
$4,500
3 .
Find the maturity value (total payback) of a loan of $3,800 after three years. The loan carries a simple interest rate of 8.5% per year.
$969
$4,123
$4,769
$4,104
4 .
Mr. Timms borrowed $35,000 to buy stock for his shoe shop. He repaid the simple interest loan after four years. He paid interest of $6,750. What was the interest rate?
19.29%
4.82%
16.8%
20.74%
5 .
Express 29 months in terms of years to the nearest tenth of a year.
2.42
2.5
2.4
24.2
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