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| Question 934662:  1.James pays a rent of 400 every month.At the end of the year he will have a rent increase of 20% .Calculate the new rent increase he will have to pay
 2.James has saved R2000 and wants to invest the money in a fixed deposit account.he will earn 21% interest compounded monthly.How much money will he have after 7 years?
 3 The Zondo family uses a loan of R8500.They repay the loan in one amount at the end of 3 years.How much money would the Zondos need to repay the loan if the interest is:
 A)17% per annum simple interest
 B)14% per annum compounded interest
 Answer by AlgebraLady88(44)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1)James pays $400/month. At the end of the year, his rent will increase 20 %. 20% of 400 is 20/100*400= 80
 Therefore , the rent increase is $80. His new rent at the end of the year would be $400+$80=$480/month.
 2)Here, we will need the compound interest formula, but with a twist,
 FV= PV( 1+ r/k)^(nk)
 FV= future value
 PV= principal value
 r=  interest
 k=  number of compounding periods in one year
 nk= number of compounding periods multiplied by number of years.
 Why does the interest have to be divided by 12? This is because the interest is 21% compounded monthly, so it really is 21%/12 as there are 12 months in a year.If it was compounded annually, k= 1, compounded quarterly, k= 4 and compounded daily k= 365
 So, to fill in the formula, we have
 FV=  PV(1+ r/12)^(nk)
 FV=  2000 (1+ 0.21/12)^ 12*7
 FV=  2000 (1+ 0.0175)^ 84
 FV=  2000 (1.0175)^84
 FV=  8588.5747
 FV=  8588.57
 3) The Zondo family uses a loan of R8500.They repay the loan in one amount at the end of 3 years.How much money would the Zondos need to repay the loan if the interest is:
 A)17% per annum simple interest
 B)14% per annum compounded interest
 A) For simple interest, the formula would be I= Prt
 I= Interest, P= principal r=rate of interest t= time
 I= prt
 I= 8500 * 0.17 * 3
 I= 4335
 So, after 3 years, they pay back 8500 + 4335 = $12 835!
 B)FV=  PV(1+ r/1)^(nk)
 FV=  8500 (1+ 0.14/1)^(1*3)
 FV=  8500 (1.14)^3
 FV=  12593.124
 FV=  12593.12
 
 So, after 3 years, they pay back $12 593. 12 !
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