- The program first declares four variables:
principal
, rate
, time
, and interest
. - It then prompts the user to enter the principal amount, rate of interest, and time in years using the
printf()
and scanf()
functions. - The formula for calculating simple interest is
(principal * rate * time) / 100
. The program calculates the simple interest using this formula and stores it in the interest
variable. - Finally, the program prints the simple interest using the
printf()
function with a precision of two decimal places. - Note that the
%.2f
in the printf()
statement is used to specify the precision of the floating-point number to two decimal places.
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
float principal, rate, time, interest;
printf("Enter principal amount: ");
scanf("%f", &principal);
printf("Enter rate of interest: ");
scanf("%f", &rate);
printf("Enter time in years: ");
scanf("%f", &time);
interest = (principal * rate * time) / 100;
printf("Simple interest = %.2f", interest);
return 0;
}
OUTPUT
Enter principal amount: 1000
Enter rate of interest: 5
Enter time in years: 2
Simple interest = 100.00