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and mortgages
Interest is defined as the cost of
borrowing money, as in the case of
interest charged on a loan balance.
Conversely, interest can also be the rate
paid for money on deposit, as in the
case of a certificate of deposit. Interest
can be calculated in two ways: simple
interest or compound
Simple interest is calculated on the
principal, or original, amount of a
loan.Compound interest is calculated
on the principal amount and the
accumulated interest of previous
periods, and thus can be regarded as
“interest on interest.”
Simple Interest formula
The formula for calculating Simple
interest is:
simple interest= Pxixn
where:
P= Principal
I = Interest rate
n = Term of the loan
Thus, if simple interest is charged at 5%
on $ 10,000 loan that is taken out for
three years, then the total loan amount of
interest payable by the borrowers is
calculated as $ 10,000× 0.05×3 = $1,500
interest on this loan is payable at $ 500
annually, or $ 1,500 over the three-year
loan term
Compound Interest formula
The formula for calculating compound
interest in a year is :
Where:
A= final amount
P= initial principal balance
r= interest rate
n= number of times interest applied
t= number of time periods elapsed
While the total interest payable over the
three-year period of the loan is $ 1,576.25,
unlike simple Interest, the interest amount
is not the same for all three years also takes
into consideration the accumulated interest
of previous periods. Interest payable at the
end of each year is shown in the table
below
Opening Closing
Year Interest
balance Balance
At 5%(1)
(P) (P+1)
$11,025.00
2 $10,500.00 $525.00
Unpaid balance=154.90-50=$104
Finance Charge= .0225 × 104.90=$2.36
New balnce =104.90 + 2.36 + 47.87 +120.69
=$ 275.82
Previous balance is $600, payment of
$100 the periodic interest rate is
1.5%
Find the new balance.