document.write( "Question 547824: Jane took out a 5,000 loan to buy a car. How much simple interest will she pay if she charged 10% annually and repays the loan at the end of 2 years? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #356620 by mathie123(224) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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We know that the simple interest formula is I=Prt where I is the interest, P is the principal amount, r is the interest rate and t is the number of time periods \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In our case, the principal is 5000, the interest rate is 10%=0.1, and there are 2 years (and since the interest is ANNUALLY, this is two time periods). We just need to sub this into the above formula and solve for I
\n" ); document.write( " $\"I=Prt\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"I=5000%2A0.1%2A2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"I=1000\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So she ended up paying $1000 in interest. \r
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