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Comparing Simple and Compound Interest

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
    5 minutes
    1 pt
    Holly is taking out a loan in the amount of $10,000.  Her choices for the loan are a 4-year loan at 4% simple interest and a 6-year loan at 5% simple interest.  What is the difference in the amount of interest Holly would have to pay for each of these two loans?
    $1,600
    $3,000
    $4600
    $1,400
  • 2. Multiple Choice
    15 minutes
    1 pt
    Olivia will deposit $1,530 in an account that earns 6% simple interest every year.  Her sister Melinda will deposit $1,500 in an account that earns 8% interest compounded annually.  The deposits will be made on the same day, and no additional money will be deposited or withdrawn from the accounts.  Which statement about the balances of Olivia's account and Melinda's account at the end of 3 years is true?
    Olivia's account will have about $5.40 more than Melinda's account.
    Olivia's account will have about $84.17 more than Melinda's account.
    Melinda's account will have about $5.40 more than Olivia's account.
    Melinda's account will have about $84.17 more than Olivia's account.
  • 3. Multiple Choice
    5 minutes
    1 pt
    Isabella deposited $2,000 in an account that pays 5% simple annual interest.  After one year how much interest will her investment pay? 
    $2,100
    $100
    $10,000
    $400
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