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Jean has a loan of $2,000 the rate of simple interest in 8% a year he has paid $640 interest how many years has he had the loan (with working out please)

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Simple interest means the interest at the end of each year will always be 8% of 2000 (assuming he doesnt pay some of it off), and will not be compounded with the existing interest.

To get a percentage, multiply by the percentage/100, in this case i.e. multiply by 0.08.
2000*0.08 = $160.
Therefore he has $160 of interest each year to pay.
Now we just need to work out how many lots of 160 go into 640, i.e. divide through.
640/160 = 4 - therefore he has had the loan for 4 years.
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