A historian interpreting the decree would best understand the purpose of the “new legislation” referred to in the second paragraph as an attempt to

Perhaps saving more money for their retirement and getting better life insurance for jackie. and trying to spend less money on unnecessary expenses always . 

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At 8.5% i am making after one year 1,500   +  1,500 x 0.08 = $1,620

my credit card cost 1,600 + 1,600 x 0.19 = $1,904


total balance =  interest  (negative)  of credit card + interest earn (positive)

that is  -304 + 120 = -$181

Psychologists often talk of the magical number "7" - so it is generally assumed that we can keep 7 (more or less, so 5-9 is the correct answer) items in our short term memory - we know this as a result of many experiments.

we can increase this by chunking, so for example "7 8 9 5 3" is harder to remember than "78 95 3" - try it yourself!

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