Section 7.2: Simple Interest
Homework Hints

Problems 1-4
These are the Essential Ideas of this section. Look through the text to find the correct answers.

Problems 5-14
These are estimation problems so they should not be worked with a paper and pencil or with a calculator. For example, with Problem 5 , the interest rate is not stated, but you should still recognize a reasonable answer. Let's see, $100 @ 5% for 1 year is $5, so the future value seems to be $100 + $5 = $105.

Problems 15-40
See Example 2.

Problems 41-42
See Example 3.

Problems 43-44
See Example 4.

Problem 45
See Example 5.

Problem 46
See Example 6.

Problems 47-50
See Example 7.

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