
(a) The diagram, = IWYI = IXZI and < WXY = 80\(^o\). What is the size of < XWZ?
(b) A man was charged 2 kobo per month for every N1.00 he borrowed from a bank. At what rate per annum was the interest charged?
Explanation
(a) First joining XZ and WY, we have < XWY = < XZY = \(\frac{1}{2}\)(180ยฐ โ 80ยฐ) = 50ยฐ. This implies that < ZXY = 50ยฐ(base angles of an isosceles triangle). So that < XWZ = 180ยฐ - 80ยฐ = 100ยฐ.
(b) The rate in every N1.00 = \(\frac{2}{100}\) so that the rate of interest charged per annum will be \(\frac{2 \times 12}{100}\) x 100 which gives 24%.