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College loans have an interest rate of 4.45%. If Nico needs to borrow $8,000 for his first year ofcollege, how much interest will he pay after one year?

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principal is

p = 8000$

rate of interest (r) = 4.45 %

time (t) = 1 year

now the formula for simple interest is


SI=(p* r* t)/(100)
SI=(8000*4.45*1)/(100)=356\text{ }

so Nico will pay 356 $ after one year as interest.

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