After 6 months the simple interest earned annually on an investment of $5000 was $907. Find the interest rate to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Respuesta :

The interest rate to the nearest tenth is 36.3%

The simple interest rate is the rate that the investment grew by in those six months.

It can be found by the formula:

Simple interest rate = Interest earned / Investment

Solving will give:

= 907 / 5,000

= 18.14%

This is the interest rate after 6 months but the annual one is needed:

= Six months rate x 2

= 18.14 x 2

= 36.3%

In conclusion, the investment grew by 36.3%

Note: nearest tenth means one number after the decimal point.

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