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Annual effective interest rate

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  • This topic has 8 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 12, 2014 at 5:31 pm #209422
    saifudeen
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    an investor has the choice between two investment . investment exe offers interest of 4% per year compounded semi annually for a period of 3 years. investment wye offers one interest payment of 20% at the end of its 4 year life . what is the annual effective interest rate offered for the two investments ?

    sir please answer me this question .
    Thank you !!!

    November 12, 2014 at 6:21 pm #209447
    John Moffat
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    Exe gives 2% (4%/2) every six months.

    If you invested 100, then after six months it would be 102. After another 6 months it would be 102 x 1.02 = 1.0404. This is the same as 4.04% per year.

    If Wye was giving interest of R every year, then 100 invested for 4 years would grow to 100 x (1 + R)^4.

    So 100 x (1+R)^4 must equal 100 x 1.20

    So 1+ r = the fourth root of 1.20

    November 12, 2014 at 6:48 pm #209469
    saifudeen
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    sir how you calculated wye interest i didnt get it . can you try another method ?

    November 12, 2014 at 6:58 pm #209473
    John Moffat
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    There is no other method!

    To add on 20% at the end of 4 years you multiply by 1.20

    To add on interest of r every year you multiply by (1+r)^4

    (Have you watched the free lectures on interest?)

    November 12, 2014 at 7:24 pm #209482
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    sir,but from where you got 1.20 ???
    yes offcourse i watched all the lectures

    sir,
    1+R = (1+.05)^4 can we do in like this method something like this ???

    November 12, 2014 at 7:56 pm #209485
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    sir in the answer back of text given like :

    1.20^0.25-1= 0.0466 or 4.66%
    sir forget about all the above question ii asked . sir just say me how they got
    0.25 ?

    November 13, 2014 at 9:41 am #209544
    John Moffat
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    I wrote that if r is the annual rate, then (1+r)^4 = 1.20

    Therefore (1+r) = fourth root of 1.20

    From your school maths, you should be aware that another way of writing “fourth root” of 1.20 is to write 1.20^(1/4) or 1.20^0.25

    December 5, 2014 at 1:11 pm #217972
    saifudeen
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    sir , please help me wether what iam saying is correct or not ?
    1+R = (1+r)^n
    this is the formula . as here is r=20% = 0.20 in this i have no confusion . but n =4 or 0.25 sir here is only my confusion . it should be 4 ryt as it is for 4 yrs ?
    please try to clear my confusion .
    Thank you !!!

    December 5, 2014 at 1:30 pm #218379
    John Moffat
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    You are confusing big R and small r.

    If r is the annual rate and R is the 4 year rate, then

    (1+R) = (1+r) ^ 4

    In this question we know the 4 year rate – 20%. So R = 0.20

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