The formula for the future value v (in dollars) of an investment earning simple interest is v=p+prt, where p (in dollars) is the principal, r is the annual interest rate (in decimal form) and t is the time (in years). a. solve the formula for p . p= b. an investment earns 6% simple interest. what amount of principal is needed to have $3000 after 5 years? round your answer to the nearest cent. amount of principal: $

On the way home from visiting his family, vincent’s plane cruised at an altitude of 3.2 × 10^4 feet. he had heard that a man named felix baumgartner skydived from an altitude of 1.28 × 10^5 feet. vincent wants to know how much higher felix went on his skydiving trip. question 1 you have already seen how adding numbers works in either scientific notation or standard notation. but can you subtract numbers in scientific notation and get the same results as subtracting in standard notation? to find out, first solve vincent’s problem in standard notation. part a write the cruising altitude of vincent’s plane in standard notation.