Rich deposited money into a bank account that earned 2.5% simple interest each year. after 2 years, he had earned $14.65 in interest on the account.
if no other money was deposited into or withdrawn from the account, how much was his initial deposit?

Andy wants to find the distance d across a river. he located points as shown in the figure, then use similar triangles to find that d = 223.5 feet. how can you tell without calculating that he must be wrong? tell what you think he did wrong and correct his error. round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary. andy must have used the wrong . the distance d is actually feet.