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6.01 Simple and compound interest using sequences

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4.1.1.1

use a recurrence relation A_(𝑛+1) = 𝑟A_𝑛 to model a compound interest loan or investment, and investigate (numerically and graphically) the effect of the interest rate and the number of compounding periods on the future value of the loan or investment, e.g. payday loan

4.1.1.3

solve problems involving compound interest loans or investments, e.g. determining the future value of a loan, the number of compounding periods for an investment to exceed a given value, the interest rate needed for an investment to exceed a given value

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