A. 720
Feedback From the details given in the problem Principle = P = $8,000 and R = 9% or 0.09 expressed as a decimal.
As the annual Interest is to be calculated, the time period T =1.
Plugging these values in the simple Interest formula,
I = P x T x R
= 8,000 x 1 x 0.09
= 720.00