the credit account statement below, the values of the annual percentage rate (APR), finance charge, and the new balance must be calculated. Previous Balance Annual

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n the credit account statement below, the values of the annual percentage rate (APR), finance charge, and the new balance must be calculated.
Previous
Balance
Annual
Percentage
Rate (APR)
Monthly
Periodic
Rate
(as a %)
Finance
Charge
(in $)
Purchases
and Cash
Advances
Payments
and
Credits
New
Balance
(in $)
$1,026.61   1.75%   $322.20 $300.00  
Recall that the annual percentage rate (APR) is tied to the monthly periodic rate by the following formula.
monthly periodic rate = 
APR
12
By solving this equation for the APR, the known value for the monthly periodic rate can be substituted to calculate the APR.
APR = monthly periodic rate ✕ 12
The monthly periodic rate is given to be 1.75%. Find the APR.
APR  =  12 ✕ monthly periodic rate
   =  12 ✕ ____ %
   =   ____%
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