Ordinary simple interest brings increased revenue to the lender. The general practice
in the United States and in international business transactions is to use ordinary simple
interest; it is employed throughout this Outline, unless specified otherwise.
SOLVED PROBLEMS
3.1 Find (a) the ordinary and (b) the exact simple interest, on a 60-day loan of $1500
at 14%
We have P = 1500 and r = .0145.​