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| Question 321641:  You deposit $10,000.00 in a account that pays 5% interest compound quarterly.
 A) Find the future value after 1 year. _____
 B) Use the future value formula for simple interest to determine the effective annual yeild. _________
 Answer by Theo(13342)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! You deposit 10,000. Interest is 5% compounded quarterly.
 Future value after 1 year = 10000 * (1.05)^4 = 12155.0625
 Effective Interest Rate = (12155.0625/10000 - 1) * 100% = 21.550625%
 Future Value after 1 year at this effective annual interest rate is 10000 * (1.21550625) = 12155.0625.
 Nominal Interest Rate = 5% * 4 = 20%.
 
 The effective annual interest rate is calculated by raising the compound interest rate to the number of compounding periods per year.
 
 If the compound rate is 1% and the number of compounding periods per year is 12 then:
 
 The nominal interest rate is 1% * 12 = 12%.
 The effective annual interest rate is 1.01^12 = 1.12682503
 Take that and subtract 1 from it and then multiply it by 100% to get 12.682504%.
 
 To use in formulas, you need to convert % to decimal equivalent.
 
 1% is equivalent to .01.
 Multiplication factor for each year is 1 + this number = 1.01
 You raise this factor by the number of compounding periods.
 
 For 1 year, at monthly compounding, then fv = 10,000 * 1.01^12
 For 2 years, at monthly compounding, then fv = 10,000 * 1.01^24
 Effective annual interest rate is equal to 1.01^12 = 1.12682503
 For 1 year, at effective annual interest rate, then fv = 10,000 * 1.12682503^1
 For 2 years, at effective annual interest rate, then fv = 10,000 * 1.12682503^2
 
 If you do the calculations, you will see that:
 
 10,000 * 1.01^24 = 12697.34649
 
 and:
 
 10,000 * 1.12682503^2 = 12697.34649
 
 They are equivalent.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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