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Simple interest is basically the cost of borrowing money over a period of time. So if you have borrowed $110.00 at 5% for two years, you will multiply the 5% by the two years (presuming that it is 5% annual percentage rate (APR). So, You will multiply the 110 by 10% (or .1) to get $11 dollars of simple interest.
Answer: The r<span>-value for the linear function related to the ordered pairs is very close to zero, so it is not a good representation of the data. A quadratic model would better represent the data because there is a turning point within the data set. The data increases then decreases, which is what the graph of a quadratic does. </span>
