Explanation

519.Calculate Simple Interest

Easy
Given a principal amount, an annual interest rate in percent, and a number of years, return the simple interest earned, formatted with two decimal places. Simple interestSimple InterestInterest charged only on the original amount: principal × rate × years / 100. It does not compound. grows by the same amount every year, so the formula is a single line. The interesting part is choosing variable types. The product can reach five billion — too big for an int — and money should not pick up rounding errors. The first solution uses a double; the second keeps everything as whole numbers by counting in hundredths, which is exact.

Example 1:

Input: principal = 1000, rate = 5, years = 2

Output: "100.00"

Example 2:

Input: principal = 1234, rate = 7, years = 3

Output: "259.14"

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Constraints:

  • ●1 ≤ principal ≤ 1000000
  • ●1 ≤ rate ≤ 100
  • ●1 ≤ years ≤ 50

principal =

1000

rate =

5

years =

2