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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2010-03-08 08:01 pm

ARGH! Need maths help!

I was once good at maths.

I know I should know how to do this, but I cannot remember enough to see if my method is effective or not. I found a website that will let me punch in numbers and give me an answer, but I want to check it! So I am hoping that [livejournal.com profile] shocolate  or someone similarly gifted is up and about.

I start with $50. Every week, I add $50. I have a compounding interest rate of 9.96%. I compound it annually, or monthly (two results). What do I have at the end of 21 years?

More than happy to do all the actual working if someone can remind me of what the formulae are.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2010-03-08 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh! Well, people in my family often do live over 100 ... Nah, it's for a magazine article, purely hypothetical :-)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/ 2010-03-08 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad to hear that, or I'd have regretted my lost ties with OZ even more! :)