After 6 years an account that earns 5% simple intrest has earned $480 in intrest. how much is the initial deposit?

plug in your values into

I = PRT

480 = P(.04)(6)

solve for P

check your answer by finding the interest.

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square