Mitchell has been given the option of either paying his $200 bill now or settling it for $204 after 1 month (30 days). If he chooses to pay after 1 month, find the simple interest rate at which he would be charged.

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The simple interest rate that he would be of 24.33% a year.

Simple Interest

Simple interest is used when there is a single compounding per time period.

The amount of money after t years in is modeled by:

[tex]A(t) = A(0)(1 + rt)[/tex]

In which:

  • A(0) is the initial amount.
  • r is the interest rate, as a decimal.

In this problem, considering than an year has 365 days, the parameters are as follows:

[tex]A(t) = 204, A(0) = 200, t = \frac{30}{365}[/tex]

Hence:

[tex]A(t) = A(0)(1 + rt)[/tex]

[tex]204 = 200\left(1 + \frac{30}{365}r\right)[/tex]

[tex]1 + \frac{30}{365}r = \frac{204}{200}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{30}{365}r = 0.02[/tex]

[tex]r = \frac{365}{30} \times 0.02[/tex]

[tex]r = 0.2433[/tex]

The simple interest rate that he would be of 24.33% a year.

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