3. Introduction
Discrete compounding refers to the
method by which interest is calculated
and added to the principal at certain
set points in time ,For example,
interest may be compounded weekly,
monthly, or yearly .
7. Example 1 :-
You borrow $15,000 from your credit
union to purchase a used car. The
interest rate on your loan is 0.25% per
month∗ and you will make a total of 36
monthly payments. What is your
monthly payment?
9. Example 2 :-
When you take your first job, you decide
to start saving right away for your
retirement. You put $5,000 per year into
the company’s 401(k) plan, which
averages 8% interest per year. Five
years later, you move to another job and
start a new 401(k) plan. You never get
around to merging the funds in the two
plans. If the first plan continued to earn
interest at the rate of 8% per year for 35
years after you stopped making
contributions, how much is the account
worth?