Alan was charged $$233\mathrm{.}50$ interest on his bank loan for the period April $20$ to May $26$ of the same year. If the annual rate of interest on his loan was $5\mathrm{.}50\%,$ what was the outstanding principal balance on the loan durling the period? For full marks your answer$($s$)$ should be rounded to the nearest cent.

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