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On New Years Day, you provided a 3-month loan to your friend at 0.8 percent monthly interest. Your friend paid back principle plus interest in lump sum of $2,000 at the end of 1st quarter. How much did you loan out in the first place?
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Monthly interest rate is 0.8%, so the quarterly interest rate is 0.8%*3=2.4%.

The amount of loan given is $2000/(1+0.024)=$1,953.13.

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