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Joe and Susie both start investing money at the same time in the same scheme. Joe puts in an initial amount that is twice as large as Susie’s amount. If it takes Susie three more years to accumulate the same amount as Joe got from his investment, what was the interest rate that the bank offered them? 

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How to....

Find the hypotenuse

This is really easy! If you have the x and y coordinates:

For example: (3; 4)

Type in 3  4   

Your calculator screen will then look like this:  

r is your hypotenuse - which is 5 and your angle made with between the y-axis and the hypotenuse is 53

What if you have the angle and the hypotenuse, for example: angle = 30

and hypotenuse = 5? 

Simply type in the hypotenuse and then the angle like this:

 30   

Your calculator screen will look like this:

X is your x-coordinate or length, which is 4.33, and Y is your y-coordinate or length which is 2.5.