document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1176029>Question 1176029</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the simple interest rate on a $1300 investment paying $229.71 interest in 5.7 years?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Round to the nearest tenth of a percent </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Simple interest -- not compound.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The interest earned is the principal, times the (annual) interest rate, times the number of years.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I = prt<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In your example the interest is $229.71, the principal is $1300, and the number of years is 5.7; the unknown is the interest rate r:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=229.71+=+%281300%29%28r%29%285.7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"229.71+=+%281300%29%28r%29%285.7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r+=+229.71%2F%28%281300%29%285.7%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r+=+229.71%2F%28%281300%29%285.7%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use a calculator....<br><BR>\n" );
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