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Re: Need Urgent Help

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From: Charles Riggs
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 00:00
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On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:32:10 +0100, "Siobhan Michaels"
<micfam@globalnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Hey. i'm 15 and studying for exams at the mo. i've been doing some practice
>questions and i got stuck on this one:
>In 1997 a bank's interest charges were 1.65% per month. The interest was
>charged compound. How much is the interest rate per year (the APR)?
>The answer in the book was 21.7% but i can't figure out how they got that,
>so could someone please explain.
>Also, i can't grasp the topic of surds and could anyone help me with that??
>Thanx

I have two recommendations for you if you wish to get nice responses
from Usenet groups: Capitalize your I's for ease of understanding and
don't begin a message asking for help, or anything else for that
matter, with "Hey" - it's not polite.

Charles Riggs
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Date: 1999/04/09
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