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In the formula I=P·r·t, what does P stand for?

A
Percent: the interest rate expressed as a percentage
B
Principal: the amount of money you initially invested
C
Period: how often the interest is calculated
D
Payout: how much money you end up with
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Nate has an account that pays 2.76% simple interest per year and wants to accumulate $3,090 in interest from it over the next 15 years. How much money should Nate invest in this account to meet this goal?

A
$1,279.26
B
$4,369.26
C
$4,373.77
D
$7,463.77
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Trevor has an investment worth $6,774.50. He made his only deposit in it 22 years ago. Given that the investment yields 2.7% simple interest annually, how big was the initial deposit?

A
$2,524.50
B
$4,024.03
C
$4,250.00
D
$11,404.88
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June has a savings account with an annual simple interest rate of 2.6%. She hopes to gain $6,500 in interest over a period of eleven years. To accomplish this, June invested $17,801 in the account, but later realized that this was not enough money. To the nearest dollar, how much more money should June have initially invested to reach her goal?

A
$6,335
B
$3,715
C
$1,409
D
$4,926
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Mary and Lewis each open a savings account at the same time. Mary invests $3,700 in an account yielding 3.2% simple interest, and Lewis invests $3,000 in an account yielding 5.9% simple interest. After fifteen years, who has the greater total amount of money, and how much greater is it?

A
Lewis has $879 more than Mary.
B
Lewis has $179 more than Mary.
C
Mary has $776 more than Lewis.
D
Mary has $345 more than Lewis.
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Maggie has $14,100 to invest, and wishes to gain $4,000 in interest over the next eight years. Approximately what is the minimum simple interest rate Maggie needs to reach her goal?

A
2.89%
B
3.55%
C
4.95%
D
5.18%
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Olivia deposits $6,952 in a savings account paying 3.72% interest. To the nearest dollar, how much money does Olivia have in total after sixteen years?

A
$4,138
B
$8,568
C
$11,090
D
$29,901
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If you wish to calculate the interest on an investment with a rate of 3.58%, what number will you plug into your equation?

A
3.58
B
0.358
C
0.0358
D
0.00358
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Sam invests $9,400 in a fund yielding 5.2% simple interest annually. At the same time, Pat shops around for a better interest rate and invests $9,400 in a fund yielding 6.0% simple interest annually. After seven years, how much more interest has Pat’s fund earned than Sam’s fund?

A
$817.80
B
$3,948.00
C
$652.40
D
$526.40
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When calculating simple interest, what must you do if you want to invest for months or weeks instead of years?

A
Simple interest only pays yearly, so you should find another investment.
B
The simple interest calculation does not use those units, so you should just calculate as normal.
C
The units have changed, so the interest formula switches to I·t=P·r.
D
Interest rates are annual, so you must convert the units into years.

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