To simplify this expression would be 4x-3
I am not so sure, maybe D. Translation. Don't depend on my answer because I am not very sure
Let would be the annual interest rate such that,
I = P x r^t
For the 1st
160.67 = (2000) x r*8/12 ; r = 0.02277
The second case is just the same.
This is only my opinion. I could be wrong.
My guess is:
Somebody else used that book before you, maybe last year or
the year before, and it was somebody who didn't mind writing
in his book.
One day he didn't have time to write down the homework in his
assignment notebook, so he just circled the homework problems
in his textbook.