Jupiter Company signed a onedashyear $36,000 note payable at 8% interest on March 1, 2019. How much interest expense must be accrued on May 31, 2019? (Round any intermediate calculations to two decimal places, and your final answer to the nearest whole number.)

The answer is: $720

Explanation:

We can use the following formula to calculate Jupiter Company's interest expenses:

interest expenses = principal x (annual interest / 12) x number of months

interest expenses = $36,000 x (8%/12) x 3 months (March, April and May)

interest expenses = $36,000 x 0.0067 x 3 = $720