Calculating compound interest
Compound interest is much more applicable in the real world and is an important feature in calculating the price of a bond, as you will see in the next chapter.
Now imagine the same savings account pays 3% per year as compound interest instead of simple interest. As before, you invest USD 10,000 for a period of ten years.
Latihan ini adalah bagian dari kursus
Bond Valuation and Analysis in Python
Petunjuk latihan
- Assign the present value, rate, and number of periods to
pv,r, andn, respectively. - Find how much money the savings account will have after ten years and print the result.
- Calculate and print the amount of interest earned over the ten years.
Latihan interaktif praktis
Cobalah latihan ini dengan menyelesaikan kode contoh berikut.
# Assign present value, rate and number of periods
pv = ____
r = ____
n = ____
# Calculate the value of the savings account
fv = ____
print(fv)
# Calculate the total amount of compound interest earned
compound_interest = ____
print(compound_interest)