A specific type of financial instrument pays 15% simple interest (based on the purchase value) and lasts for 1.5 years. The instrument can be bought at any price. An investor purchases the instrument for P0, and has calculated that the total value of the investment (i. e. P0 plus interest earned) will be $4,000 at maturity. Calculate P0, giving your answer to the nearest dollar. Give your answer in dollars to the nearest dollar. Do not include the dollar symbol or commas in your answer.

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.