Compound annual cost

sophie_612
sophie_612 Registered Posts: 136 Dedicated contributor 🦉
Hi,

Please can someone tell me how to work this out with a simple calculator or do i need a scientific calculator to work out the power of?

Thanks
Sophie

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  • Pian32
    Pian32 Registered Posts: 474 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Hi Sophie

    Simple calculators won't let you do the power of directly. However you can do it by multiplying it by itself X times.

    3^4 = 3*3*3*3

    Hope this helps (is easier with a scientific calculator for sure)
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  • sophie_612
    sophie_612 Registered Posts: 136 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Pian32 said:

    Hi Sophie

    Simple calculators won't let you do the power of directly. However you can do it by multiplying it by itself X times.

    3^4 = 3*3*3*3

    Hope this helps (is easier with a scientific calculator for sure)

    thank you so much for replying I've attached the question i was trying to work out, would it be possible to do this or no i'd need the correct calculator?
  • sophie_612
    sophie_612 Registered Posts: 136 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Pian32 said:

    Hi Sophie

    Simple calculators won't let you do the power of directly. However you can do it by multiplying it by itself X times.

    3^4 = 3*3*3*3

    Hope this helps (is easier with a scientific calculator for sure)

    thank you so much for replying I've attached the question i was trying to work out, would it be possible to do this or no i'd need the correct calculator?




  • Pian32
    Pian32 Registered Posts: 474 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    I don't think this is in a module I completed. However looking at the formula for these types of questions and how it's calculated I don't think you can use a simple calculator. (As you'll have fractional powers)
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  • sophie_612
    sophie_612 Registered Posts: 136 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Pian32 said:

    I don't think this is in a module I completed. However looking at the formula for these types of questions and how it's calculated I don't think you can use a simple calculator. (As you'll have fractional powers)

    thank you so much for your help
  • sophie_612
    sophie_612 Registered Posts: 136 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    edited October 2020
    @Pian32 i now have the correct calculator but i still cannot get the answer ive been doing for eg 1/99 ^ 365/24 and i tried 1/99+1 ^ 365/24-1*100% but i still cannot get the same answer as above
  • Pian32
    Pian32 Registered Posts: 474 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    So the equation I think you want to use is

    ((1+ r/(100-r))^(365/days)) - 1 = compound cost

    r = rate of discount
    days = Normal day - discount day

    Hope this helps
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  • sophie_612
    sophie_612 Registered Posts: 136 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Pian32 said:

    So the equation I think you want to use is

    ((1+ r/(100-r))^(365/days)) - 1 = compound cost

    r = rate of discount
    days = Normal day - discount day

    Hope this helps

    thanks @Pian32 i think i'm just i'm just not getting i cannot get this answer thank you for explaining
  • Pian32
    Pian32 Registered Posts: 474 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    I noticed it simplifies slightly:

    [(100/(100-r)) ^ (365/days)] - 1 = Compound cost

    If we use the figures from the question.

    a)
    [ (100/99) ^ (365/24) ] -1 =Compound cost

    [1.01010^15.208333] - 1 =Compound cost

    b)
    [1.0152284^15.208333]- 1

    I think these get the answers you need. (I'd put the fractions in on the calculator as it's more accurate) I think this also gets the decimal not the %age so * 100 to convert to a percentage at the end.

    If you're still not getting the answer what are you getting? Might be able to work backwards to find what's going wrong.
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  • sophie_612
    sophie_612 Registered Posts: 136 Dedicated contributor 🦉
    Pian32 said:

    I noticed it simplifies slightly:

    [(100/(100-r)) ^ (365/days)] - 1 = Compound cost

    If we use the figures from the question.

    a)
    [ (100/99) ^ (365/24) ] -1 =Compound cost

    [1.01010^15.208333] - 1 =Compound cost

    b)
    [1.0152284^15.208333]- 1

    I think these get the answers you need. (I'd put the fractions in on the calculator as it's more accurate) I think this also gets the decimal not the %age so * 100 to convert to a percentage at the end.

    If you're still not getting the answer what are you getting? Might be able to work backwards to find what's going wrong.

    thank you so much @Pian32 ive not manged to get the correct answers
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