SOLUTION: If an investment at 7% simple interest has a future value of $6031 in 9 years, what was the original investment ?

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Question 1146041: If an investment at 7% simple interest has a future value of $6031 in 9 years, what was the original investment ?
Answer by greenestamps(13198)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


interest = principal * rate * time

future value is principal + interest

We know rate and time; the principal is the unknown x:





You can do the calculation....

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