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Professional Finance Qualifications · Introductory lesson · English · 2:00
Follow the classroom example from the value of money today to annual compounding, the difference from simple interest, and discounting a future amount to its present value.
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The examples assume a 10% annual rate and annual compounding. This rate is an illustration for the calculation.
Compounding calculates interest on the original amount plus accumulated interest. Discounting finds today’s equivalent of a future amount using the stated rate and period.
Year 1 interest: ₹10,000 × 10% = ₹1,000.
Year 1 balance: ₹10,000 + ₹1,000 = ₹11,000.
Year 2 interest: ₹11,000 × 10% = ₹1,100.
Year 2 balance: ₹11,000 + ₹1,100 = ₹12,100.
Simple-interest balance: ₹10,000 + ₹1,000 + ₹1,000 = ₹12,000.
Difference: ₹12,100 − ₹12,000 = ₹100 of interest on interest.
FV = PV × (1 + r)n
₹10,000 × (1.10)2 = ₹12,100.
PV = FV ÷ (1 + r)n
₹12,100 ÷ (1.10)2 = ₹10,000.
Second example: ₹5,000 × (1.10)2 = ₹6,050.
PV is present value; FV is future value; r is the rate per period as a decimal; n is the number of periods. Match the rate and the period.
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