Maria and John decide to shop for furnishings for the new house.  They choose items that amount to $5600.00.  The store has 2 fixed installment simple interest loan options for purchasing:  20% down payment and financing at 5% simple interest per year for 3 years.   What will be the finance charge or interest be?

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Maria and John decide to shop for furnishings for the new house.  They choose items that amount to $5600.00.  The store has 2 fixed installment simple interest loan options for purchasing:

 20% down payment and financing at 5% simple interest per year for 3 years.

 

What will be the finance charge or interest be?  

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