Asher Cashed in a One-Year Term Deposit After Only Five

Short Answer

Asher cashed in a one-year term deposit after only five months had elapsed. In order to do so, he accepted an interest rate penalty-a reduction from the scheduled 5.5% rate of simple interest. If he was paid $145.83 interest on the $10,000 term deposit, what reduction was made in the per-annum rate of simple interest?