Carcass wrote:
Parents of a newborn child allocated $20,000 of their savings to an investment that earns 0.75% annual interest, compounded monthly. If there are no other transactions in the investment account, what is the amount of money (to the nearest cent) in the account 1 month after the account is opened?
P = $20000
R (per annum) = 0.75
T = 1 month = \(\frac{1}{12}\) year
S.I of 1 month \(= \frac{(20000)(0.75)}{100}(\frac{1}{12})\)
S.I = $12.5
Amount = P + S.I = 20000 + 12.5 = $20012.5