document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186455>Question 1186455</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On her recent birthday, April 22, 2001, Nicole was given by her mother a certain sum of money as birthday present. She decided to invest the said amount on 20% exact simple interest. If the account will mature on Christmas day at an amount of P 10,000.00, How much did Nicole receive from her mother on her birthday </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "On her recent birthday, April 22, 2001, Nicole was given by her mother a certain sum of money as birthday present. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "She decided to invest the said amount on 20% exact simple interest. If the account will mature <BR>\n" );
document.write( "on Christmas day at an amount of P 10,000.00, How much did Nicole receive from her mother on her birthday<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To me, it is unclear why the tutor @CPhill uses the year 2020 as the maturity year.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Nothing in the problem points in it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem says \"On her recent birthday, April 22, 2001 . . . \",<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so, the expected year, when the account is mature, is the year 2001.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is very unnatural that a deposit has 20% simple interest during about 20 years.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the solution and the answer in the post by @CPhill are irrelevant, in my view,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "reflecting his fantasy, not the problem's context.\r<BR>\n" );
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