Question

Ravi deposits $600 into an account that pays simple interest at a rate of 4% per year. How much interest will he be paid in the first 6 years?

Answer 1

Just find the interest paid after one year, and then multiply the result by 6 (years).  This gives you the amount of simple interest.

The easiest approach would be to use the formula  i = p r t.  In this case p = $600, r = 0.04, and t = 6 years.