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1.2 COMPOUND INTEREST FORMULA


Instructions: Use the following tutorial to help introduce or reinforce the concept of Compound Interest. Read through the introduction, then study and familiarize yourself with the definitions of terms. Next, use the incremental calculator to study each step of the process of determining Compound Interest. Finally, use the calculator for examples to quiz yourself.
Interest that is periodically added to the principal and thereafter itself earns interest is called compound interest.
The following is the formula for calculating accumulated amount of money as a result of compound interest:
A=P(1+i)n

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