SOLUTION: If you paid $40 to a loan company for the use of $1,483 for 76 ​days, what annual rate of interest did they​ charge? (Assume a​ 360-day year. Round to three decimal plac

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Question 1182562: If you paid $40 to a loan company for the use of $1,483 for 76 ​days, what annual rate of interest did they​ charge? (Assume a​ 360-day year.

Round to three decimal places.
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You write equation for the simple interest  I = Prt  as you read the problem


    40 = 1483*r*(76/360),


where "r" is the unknown rate.  From the equation


    r =  = 0.1278   (rounded).


So, the annual simple interest rate is  12.78%.     ANSWER

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