Question
The simple interest is (Round to the nearest cent as needed.)
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
What is this asking?
How much interest will we earn on a principal of at a rate of per year over days?
Watch out!
The interest rate is yearly, but the time is in days, so we need to convert one of them!
Also, don't forget to round to the nearest cent at the end.
STEP 2
1. Convert the time to years.
2. Calculate the simple interest.
STEP 3
We're given the time in days, but the interest rate is yearly.
To make these match, let's convert the days into years.
Since there are days in a year, we can **divide** the days by to get the **time in years**:
STEP 4
We'll keep it as a fraction for now to avoid rounding errors.
We want to be as precise as possible until the very end!
STEP 5
Now, we can use the **simple interest formula**:
Where:
is the **simple interest** we want to find,
is the **principal amount** (),
is the **annual interest rate** (), and
is the **time in years** ().
STEP 6
Let's **plug in** our values:
Remember to convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing by ! .
STEP 7
Now, we **calculate**:
STEP 8
Finally, we **round to the nearest cent**:
STEP 9
The simple interest earned is approximately .
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