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6.3 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

Calculate the simple interest to be paid on a loan with the given principal, annual percentage rate, and number of years. Then, calculate the loan payoff amount.

  1. Principal PP = $4,000, annual interest rate rr = 5.5%, and number of years tt = 4
  2. Principal PP = $14,800, annual interest rate rr = 7.9%, and number of years tt = 7

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