Bonita deposited $1300 into a bank account that earned 5.75% simple interest each year. she earned $299 in interest before closing the account. if no money was deposited into or withdrawn from the account, for how many years was the money in the account? round your answer to the nearest whole year. enter your answer in the box.

Answer

Find out the  how many years was the money in the account .

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Formula

As given

Bonita deposited $1300 into a bank account that earned 5.75% simple interest each year.

She earned $299 in interest before closing the account

Thus

Principle = $1300

rate =  5.75%

Simple interest = $299

Let  us assume that time be t .

put all the values in the formula

simplify the above equation

29900 = 7475t

t = 4 years .

Therefore 4 years was the money in the account .

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