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Marcus invested $2000 in a bank account earning simple interest. The interest, I, he has after t years at an interest rate r is given by this equation.

l = 2000 rt



After 2 years, the total amount in the account was $2160. What was the annual interest rate?

Drag and drop an answer choice into each empty box below.

A)4%
B)8%
C) 16%
D)40%


The annual interest rate was .

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the interest rate would be 8
User Arnep
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B 8% would be the anwser
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