At what interest rate compounded semi annually will money double itself in 12 years *?

Have you always wanted to be able to do compound interest problems in your head? Perhaps not... but it's a very useful skill to have because it gives you a lightning fast benchmark to determine how good (or not so good) a potential investment is likely to be.

The rule says that to find the number of years required to double your money at a given interest rate, you just divide the interest rate into 72. For example, if you want to know how long it will take to double your money at eight percent interest, divide 8 into 72 and get 9 years.

Y   =   72 / r   and   r   =   72 / Y

where Y and r are the years and interest rate, respectively.

Compound Interest Curve

Suppose you invest $100 at a compound interest rate of 10%. The rule of 72 tells you that your money will double every seven years, approximately:

Years Balance
Now $100
7 $200 (doubles every
14 $400   seven years)
21 $800

If you graph these points, you start to see the familiar compound interest curve:

At what interest rate compounded semi annually will money double itself in 12 years *?

Practice using the Rule of 72

It's good to practice with the rule of 72 to get an intuitive feeling for the way compound interest works. So...

Why Stop at a Double?

There's nothing sacred about doubling your money. You can also get a simple estimate for other growth factors, as this calculator shows:

Why Does the Rule of 72 Work?

If you want to know more, see this explanation of why the rule of 72 works. (Brace yourself, because it's slightly geeked out.)

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Find the rate at which a sum of money will double itself in 3 years, if the interest is compounded annually.

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Let Principal (P)=Rs. 100 then Amount(A)=Rs. 200 Period(t)=3 years. Let R be the rate %.Since, we have A=P(1+R100)3Substitute given values, we get ⇒200=100(1+R100)3⇒200100=(1+R100)3⇒3√2=(1+R100)⇒1.2599=1+R100⇒R100=1.2599−1⇒R=0.2599×100∴R=25.99% per annum.

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Add the nominal interest rate in decimal form to 1. The first order of operations is parentheses, and you start with the innermost one. ... .
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Subtract from step two. ... .
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