Asked by Imi

Bayo received $1500 as interest from the $8,800 he invested with PNC Bank. If the money was invested for 4 years, at what was the interest rate?

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Answered by oobleck
same as before, if simple interest
I = Prt
so plug in your numbers.
Answered by Imi
I am confused what do you mean by Prt
Answered by oobleck
Read the data they gave you.
P is the principal
r is the interest rate
t is the number of years
I is the interest. So, you now have
1500 = 8800*r*4
r = 1500/(8800*4) = 0.0426 or about 4.26%

Looks like you need to review the topic of simple interest.
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