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-# Introduction to Git and GitHub
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-## Simple Interest Calculator
-
-A calculator that calculates simple interest given principal, annual rate of interest and time period in years.
-
-```
-Input:
-   p, principal amount
-   t, time period in years
-   r, annual rate of interest
-Output
-   simple interest = p*t*r
-```
-
-_© 2022 XYZ, Inc._