💰 Simple Interest Calculator

A simple and beginner-friendly application for calculating Simple Interest based on the principal amount, rate of interest, and time period.

This project was created to practice programming fundamentals, Git, GitHub, and collaborative development workflows.

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📌 About the Project

The Simple Interest Calculator calculates interest using the standard mathematical formula:

Simple Interest = (Principal × Rate × Time) / 100

Where:

• Principal (P) — Initial amount of money
• Rate (R) — Annual interest rate
• Time (T) — Duration of the investment or loan
• Simple Interest (SI) — Interest earned or charged

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✨ Features

• Simple and easy-to-understand implementation
• Accepts principal amount
• Accepts interest rate
• Accepts time period
• Calculates Simple Interest automatically
• Beginner-friendly code structure
• Can be executed from the command line

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Shell Scripting
• Bash
• Git
• GitHub

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🚀 How to Run

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Dheekshi-07/github-final-project.git

2. Navigate to the project

cd github-final-project

3. Give execution permission

chmod +x simple-interest.sh

4. Run the program

./simple-interest.sh

📂 Project Structure

github-final-project/
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├── README.md
├── LICENSE
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
└── simple-interest.sh

🎯 Learning Objectives

This project helped in understanding:

Basic shell scripting
Mathematical calculations using Bash
Git repositories
Git branches
Commits
Pull requests
Open-source contribution workflows
GitHub project documentation
🤝 Contributing

Contributions and suggestions are welcome.

To contribute:

Fork the repository
Create a new branch
Make your changes
Commit the changes
Push the branch
Open a Pull Request
📜 License

This project is available under the license included in this repository.

👩‍💻 Author

Dheekshika

GitHub: Dheekshi-07

📈 Project Status

✅ Active for learning and development.

Future improvements may include:

Improved input validation
Better error handling
Additional financial calculations
Interactive user interface

⭐ If you find this project useful, consider starring the repository!


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