Answer to Question #246874 in Financial Math for khongla

Question

What is the amount of money that Lebo has to invest, at a simple interest rate of 12%

 per year, to earn R5250,00

 interest after three years?

Answer 1

$FV=PV(1+r)^n$

$FV-PV=PV((1+r)^n-1)=5250$

$PV=\frac{5250}{(1+r)^n-1}=\frac{5250}{1.12^3-1}=R12965.27$