A big cruise ship dropped anchor off the Caribbean island of Barbuda. The heavy anchor was released from a height of 545454 meters above the water's surface, and it fell at a constant rate. After 353535 seconds, the anchor was 999 meters below the water's surface.

Abank manager wants to encourage new customers to open accounts with principals of at least $2 comma 500. he decides to make a poster advertising a simple interest rate of 3%. what must the principal be if the bank manager also wants to advertise that one can earn $10 the first month? can the poster correctly say, "open an account of $2 comma 500 and earn at least $10 interest in 1 month! "?