Given:
Principal - 1, 728
Maturity Value - 1805.76
Time - 6 months
Find: the amount of interest and the annual interest rate
Solution:
To get the amount of interest, simply subtract the principal amount from the maturity value.
Therefore, the amount of interest added is 77.76.
To determine the annual interest rate, we can use the simple interest formula.
where:
r = annual rate in decimal
interest = interest added → 77.76
Principal = initial amount → 1, 728
Time = time in years → 6 months or 6/12 or 0.5 year
Let's plug those respective numerical values into the formula above.
Therefore, the annual interest rate is 0.09 or 9%.
Situation:
If the air purifier is to be paid in installments for 6 months, there is a 9% annual interest rate that is added to the original price amounting to 77.76.
Assuming average financial income, it would be a good idea to loan based on the calculated interest rate.