If you paid $54 to a loan company for the use of $1,040 for 42 days, what annual rate of interest did they charge? (Assume a 360-day year.)  The annual rate of interest is ___%

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If you paid $54 to a loan company for the use of $1,040 for 42 days, what annual rate of interest did they charge? (Assume a 360-day year.) 

The annual rate of interest is ___%

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