document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=757376>Question 757376</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A guy borrowed some money for 2 years at 6% simple interest. If he had to pay back $3,640, how much did he borrow? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #460768 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LearnWithMajor><B>LearnWithMajor(33)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LearnWithMajor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=460768\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Well the guy borrowed an amount x.  He had to pay back an extra 6% for each year. 2 years means he had to pay back an extra 12% over the amount he borrowed. So he had to pay 112% of the amount he borrowed. To find the percentage of x we multiply x by the percentage in decimal or fraction form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "112% of x = 3640     \r<BR>\n" );
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