Interest in Maths
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Ravi Kumar at Friday, January 2, 2009
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Interest in Maths
Interest:
Interest is the cost of borrowing money. An interest rate is the cost stated as a percent of the amount borrowed per period of time, usually one year.
Simple Interest:
Simple interest is calculated on the original principal only. Accumulated interest from prior periods is not used in calculations for the following periods. Simple interest is normally used for a single period of less than a year, such as 30 or 60 days.
Simple Interest = p * i * n
Example: You borrow $10,000 for 3 years at 5% simple annual interest.
interest = p * i * n = 10,000 * .05 * 3 = 1,500
Compound Interest:
Compound interest is calculated each period on the original principal and all interest accumulated during past periods. Although the interest may be stated as a yearly rate, the compounding periods can be yearly, semiannually, quarterly, or even continuously.You can think of compound interest as a series of back-to-back simple interest contracts. The interest earned in each period is added to the principal of the previous period to become the principal for the next period.
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