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Barb owes $40 interest on a loan of $2000 , if the money was borrowed for 1 year , what's the simple interest rate

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Answer: 2%

Explanation:

As the loan was only for a year at simple interest, find out how much of $2,000, $40 is:

= 40/2,000

= 2%

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