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MDFP Mathematics and Statistics 1 COMPOUND Interest
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MDFP – MAS 1 Money Lesson 19
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Money – Loans and Investments – Today’s Class 1. Money – Loans and Investments 1. Compound Interest 2. EXAMPLES 3. Practice – Exercise 1 - 2 from Workbook 2. Conclusion Money – Loans and Investments3
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Compound Interest Formula Regarding the variables, n refers to the number of compoundings in any one year, not to the total number of compoundings over the life of the investment. If interest is compounded yearly, then n = 1; semi-annually, then n = 2; quarterly, then n = 4; monthly, then n = 12; weekly, then n = 52; daily, then n = 365; and so forth, regardless of the number of years involved. Money – Loans and Investments5
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Compound Interest Formula Also, "t " must be expressed in years, because interest rates are expressed that way. If an exercise states that the principal was invested for six months, you would need to convert this to 6 / 12 = 0.5 years; if it was invested for 15 months, then t = 15 / 12 = 1.25 years; if it was invested for 90 days, then t = 90 / 365 of a year = 0.25 years; and so on. Money – Loans and Investments6
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Compound Interest Formula - Example Looks complicated? Let’s simplify the equation! For instance, let the interest rate r be 3%, compounded monthly, and let the initial investment amount be $1250. Then the compound-interest equation, for an investment period of t years, becomes: A c =1250(1 + 0.03/12 ) 12t = 1250(1.0025) 12t Money – Loans and Investments7
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Compound Interest Formula - Example A c =1250(1 + 0.03/12 ) 12t = 1250(1.0025) 12t...where the base is 1.0025 and the exponent is the linear expression 12t. To do compound-interest word problems, generally the only hard part is figuring out which values go where in the compound-interest formula. Once you have all the values plugged in properly, you can solve for whichever variable is left. Money – Loans and Investments8
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Example 1 Suppose that you plan to need $10,000 in thirty-six months' time when you start university. You want to invest in an instrument yielding 3.5% interest, compounded monthly. How much should you invest? To solve this, I have to figure out which values go with which variables! Money – Loans and Investments9
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Example 1 In this case, you want to end up with $10,000, so A = 10,000. The interest rate is 3.5%, so, expressed as a decimal, r = 0.035. You have thirty-six months, so t = 36 / 12 = 3 years And the interest is compounded monthly, so n = 12. The only remaining variable is P, which stands for how much you started with. Money – Loans and Investments10
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Money – Loans and Investments Example 1 Now I'll do the whole simplification in my calculator, working from the inside out, so everything is carried in memory and I get as exact an answer as possible: Solution:I need to invest about $9004.62. Money – Loans and Investments14
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Money – Simple and Compound Interest - Practice Practice on Exercise 1 – 2 from Workbook Money – Loans and Investments15
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Money – Loans and Investments - Conclusion What did you learn today? Why do you need to learn about Loans and Investments ? Assignment: Any work not completed during class must be completed for homework Money – Loans and Investments16
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