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Simple and Compound Decay Formulae

This section is simple decay and compound decay: the two minus formulae on the information sheet, A=P(1−in)A=P(1-in) and A=P(1−i)nA=P(1-i)^{n}. Growth used a plus. Decay (depreciation) is when a quantity decreases by a…

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