Question
An 92,000 investment earned 4.6% rate of simple interest from December 9, 2019.to May 31, 2020 How much interest was earned? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) interesteamed square
Solution
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Answer
### $1955.05
Explanation
## Step 1: Calculate the time in years.### From December 9, 2019 to December 9, 2020 is 1 year or 365 days. From December 9, 2019 to May 31, 2020 is 21 + 31 + 29 (2020 is a leap year) + 31 + 30 + 31 = 173 days. The time in years is
years.## Step 2: Convert the interest rate to a decimal.###
## Step 3: Calculate the interest earned.### Using the formula
, where
is the interest earned,
is the principal,
is the interest rate, and
is the time in years: