Engineering economy lorie m. Cabanayan francisco d. Cuaresma


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COMPILED LECTURE IN ENGINEERING ECONOMY

Compound Interest 
 
 Whenever the interest charge for any interest period is based on the remaining principal amount 
plus any accumulated interest chargers up to the beginning of that period, the interest is said to 
be compound.
Compound interest calculations apply to investments where the amount of interest is calculated 
on the present balance of the account. 
 
Sample Problem.
For instance, if you invested $100 in a bank with an interest rate of 10% compounded annually 
(once per year), then in the first year of your investment you would earn $10. If this were simple 
interest, you would continue to earn $10 per year for the period of your investment. However, since 
the interest is compounded, you earn interest on your interest. The amount of compound interest for 


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the first interest period is the same as for simple interest. However, for further interest periods, the 
amount of compound interest increases to an amount greater than simple interest. 
To illustrate: 
Simple Interest
Compound Interest 
Year 1
$100 * 10% = $10 
$100 * 10% = $10 
Year 2
$100 * 10% = $10 
$110 * 10% = $11 
Year 3 
$100 * 10% = $10 
$121 * 10% = $12.10 
Total Interest 
$30  
$33.10 
From the illustration above, you can see that under simple interest payments, a yearly sum of $10 is 
gained through interest. For each year of the loan period, $10 is earned. However, under 
compound interest payments, the yearly interest is added to the principle for the next period. This 
has the effect of increasing interest earned each year for the duration of the period (note: in example 
above, $33.10 earned from compound interest versus $30 earned from simple interest).

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