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Compound interest increases the amount earned by adding credited interest to the principal, and interest will then be earned on that money as well. The longer the principal and interest remain in the account, the greater the earnings they will accrue.
Interest is earned or paid for the use of money
With compound interest, in the second and subsequent periods, you are earning interest on the interest earned in previous periods. If you withdraw the interest earned at the end of every period, the two schemes will earn the same amount.
If an amount C is invested for n years with an interest rate of r%, then the amount of interest earned is C*n*r/100
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