Andrew is saving up for a down-payment for his first car. andrew invested $5,000 in an account earning 3.5% simple interest. he earned $1,050 in interest. for how many years was andrew's money invested? a) 6 years b) 2 years c) 1.5 years d) 5 years

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Andrew is saving up for a down-payment for his first car. Andrew invested $5,000 in an account earning 3.5% simple interest.

And the interest he earned is $1050.

Let Andrew's money was invested for x years .

Now we use the simple interest formula, which is

Substituting the given values in the formula , we will get

Dividing both sides by 175,

Therefore the correct option is A .