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Beth took out a $20,000 loan for college she is borrowing money from two banks. bank a charges an interest rate of 8.5% bank b charges and interest rate of 10.5% after one year alice owes $1860 in interest how much money did she borrow from bank a

I’m stuck on this equation, anyone got the answer?

Acolony contains 1500 bacteria. the population increases at a rate of 115% each hour. if x represents the number of hours elapsed, which function represents the scenario? f(x) = 1500(1.15)" f(x) = 1500(115) f(x) = 1500(2.15) f(x) = 1500(215)