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document.write( "300 + 0.04*300*t = 308\r\n" );
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document.write( "is your basic equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The unknown value is the time \" t \", which is \"how long . . . \", in years..\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the equation,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.04*300*t = 8\r\n" );
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document.write( "    t =  =  =  of the year, which is about 8 months.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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