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Interest earned: $27

Principal: ?
Interest Rate: 1.5%
Time: 2 years
(Please find the principal and explain how you got it, thanks!)

User Mike Clark
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First you plug in your information in to Interest=Principle*Rate*Time so I=p*r*t from there you do order of operations and try to get P alone and end up with 900 as the Principle btw when you are solving the equation you turn the rate from percent to decimal
Interest earned: $27 Principal: ? Interest Rate: 1.5% Time: 2 years (Please find the-example-1
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