From 8689746b21d169535a653e623322ee3d3b172b7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Upkar Lidder <ulidder@us.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:55:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] initial files

Signed-off-by: Upkar Lidder <ulidder@us.ibm.com>
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 README.md          | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 simple-interest.sh | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 simple-interest.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# coding-project-template
\ No newline at end of file
+# Introduction to Git and GitHub
+
+## 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._
diff --git a/simple-interest.sh b/simple-interest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# This script calculates simple interest given principal, annual rate of interest and time period in years.
+# Do not use this in production. Sample purpose only.
+
+# Author: Upkar Lidder (IBM)
+# Addtional Authors:
+# <your Github username>
+
+# Input:
+# p, principal amount
+# t, time period in years
+# r, annual rate of interest
+
+# Output:
+# simple interest = p*t*r
+
+echo "Enter the principal:"
+read p
+echo "Enter rate of interest per year:"
+read r
+echo "Enter time period in years:"
+read t
+
+s=$(expr $p \* $t \* $r / 100)
+echo "The simple interest is: "
+echo $s