A few days ago
Anonymous

How long will it take you to triple your money if you invest it at a rate of 6% compounded annually?

Is there a formula for solving this?

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A few days ago
Flyer

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19 years.

1.06^19=3.0256

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A few days ago
Anand S
The formula for calculating compound interest is

A = Ao(1+r)^n,

where A is your current amount

Ao is the amount you started your investment with

r is the interest rate

n is the number of years (since you’re compounding annually)

To solve your problem, you want A to be 3*Ao.

3*Ao = Ao(1+0.06)^n

3 = (1.06)^n

log1.06 (3) = n

The number of years is the log of 3 in base 1.06. Your calculator probably doesn’t do log in base 1.06, so you use the change of base formula:

logb (x) = log (x)/log (b)

log1.06 (3) = log (3)/log (1.06) = n = 18.85, so you need 19 years to triple your money.

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