SOLUTION: What’s the correct formula to use for this Amanda account earned $600 in interest. If the interest rate(in decimal form) is 0.03

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Question 1155016: What’s the correct formula to use for this
Amanda account earned $600 in interest. If the interest rate(in decimal form) is 0.03

Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, ikleyn:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If that's all the information, then it is
a simple interest problem. For simple
interest:

where:
= interest earned
= amount invested
= interest rate
time in years of investment
---------------------------
This problem sounds like it is for 1 year, so




$20,000 was her amount invested

Answer by ikleyn(52898)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

On simple interest introductory problems, see the lesson
    - Simple interest percentage problems
in this site.

Learn the subject from there.

Consider this lesson as your textbook,  handbook,  tutorial and  (free of charge)  home teacher.



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