ACCT 2101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Compound Interest, Interest, Interest Rate
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Is payment for the use of another person money: amount borrowred (invested) amount repaid (collected, usually stated as a rate over a specific period of time. Interest rate always stated as annual rate: compounding period time period between interest calculations. Can be done annually, semi-annually, quarterly, monthly, daily or continuously: use time value of money to compute: Future value of a single payment the value at a future date of a given amount invested. Future value of an ordinary annuity the sum of all the payments plus the accumulated compound interest on them: present value concepts. Present value of a single payment is the value now of a given amount to be paid or received in the future, assuming compound interest. Facts: borrow ,000 repay in 2 years with interest at 12% Simple interest: year 1: ,000 * . 12 = ,200, year 2: ,000 * . 12 = ,200, total interest: ,400.