You get a student loan from the educational assistance foundation to pay for educational expenses as you earn your associate’s degree. you will be allowed 10 years to pay the loan back. find the simple interest on the loan if you borrowed $3,600 at 8%.

You coordinate volunteers for litter cleanup in local parks. your spreadsheet lists drivers and the number of seat belts in each driver’s car. the spreadsheet calculates the number of drivers (d) and the total number of seat belts (s). you want to know the maximum number of volunteers, besides drivers, that can be transported to the park in a single trip given that each person must have a seat belt of their own.