Two are true, one is not
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- False statement
- Compound interest uses the original principal
- Statements
- Compound interest uses last year's amount
- Simple interest uses the original principal
- Compound interest uses the original principal
- False statement
- Compound interest stays the same each year
- Statements
- Compound interest stays the same each year
- Compound interest grows each year
- Simple interest stays the same each year
- False statement
- Simple overtakes compound later
- Statements
- Both agree in the first year
- Simple overtakes compound later
- Compound overtakes simple later
Explanation
The false line swaps the two bases. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 7 Comparing Quantities.