8% per year = 8/12 or two thirds of a percent per month.
There are 72 months in 6 years
Balance after 6 years = 600 x (1 + 0.08/12) to the power seventy two.
Best calculated using logs!
0.08/12 = 0.006 recurring
Add 1
Log 1.006 recurring = 0.00288
x 72 = 0.20777
antilog 0.20777= 1.6135
600 x 1.6135 = 968.10
572.56
187.32
161.35
322.7
283.52
635.24
313.37
648.68
187.32
322.7
161.35
572.56
283.52
610.45
275.28
$73053.88 when compounded month your yearly rate would be 0.061678% * * * * * True, but in real life the quoted interest rate, "6 percent compounded monthly", should read "an interest rate, such that, if it were compounded monthly, would give an annual equivalent rate of 6 percent". The equivalent of 6% annual is 0.487% monthly since 1.0048712 = 1.06
674.43