Apyweekly = (1 + 0.06/52)52 - 1 = 0.061800 = 6.18%
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If the 3% is "simple" interest, then the $100 earns an extra $18 in 6 years. If the interest is compounded yearly, then it earns $19.41 extra. If the interest is compounded weekly, then it earns $19.72 extra.
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$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
It depends on when it's compounded. Left alone and compounded annually, the total is 441.87.
Compounded yearly, you would end up with $11,901.16