20%, I believe. The piece of wood lost 2 ounces of moisture after drying, and 2/10 = 20/100
We need to compute the exact number of days of the loan.
Given:
Loan: 1,870
rate: 11%
term: Oct. 5 to Jan 16.
Oct 5-Oct 31: 26 days
Nov: 30 days
Dec: 31 days
Jan 16: 16 days.
total number of days: 103 days.
Interest = Principal * rate * term
Interest = 1870 * 0.11 * 103/365
Interest = 58.05
Given:
Promissory note $5,380
rate 6.2%
term: July 15 to Dec. 28
July 15 - 31 = 16 days
August: 31 days
September: 30 days
October: 31 days:
November: 30 days
December: 28 days
Total number of days is 166 days
Interest = Principal * rate * term
Interest = 5,380 * 0.062 * 166/365
Interest = 151.70
Use the Pythagorean theorem. The equation for this right triangle would be a^2+b^2=c^2. Since you have one leg and the hypotenuse, you can plug these into the equation. It would be 7^2+b^2=12^2. Do the exponents. You will get 49+b^2=144. You need to get b by itself so subtract each side by 49. You get the equation b^2=95. Square root each side to get b=9.746. This rounds to 9.7. So the answer is A. Hope this helps! ;)
