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    Is There a Formula for Compound Interest with Additional Payments?

    Hello, I wanted to know is there a formula for compound interest when making additional payments. i.e. I make payments of $500 ever year for 5 years and NOT just $2500 once for the 5 year term. The current way I am calculating the result is using Compound Interest of initial payment for one...
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    Is Weekly Probability Same as Daily Probability?

    Thank you Thank everyone for your help. My next question is more algebra than probability, but how do I solve for n. Let's take the dice roll example. I know p = (1/6), I want my total probability (P) to be 50%, so what does n equals? np(1-p)^(n-1) = P (n-1)*LN(np(1-p)) = LN(P)...
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    Is Weekly Probability Same as Daily Probability?

    Thank you all for your help and patience. I do believe EnumaElish is correct. It wouldn't matter if it is 'or' or 'exclusive or' (+). I believe I solved the (+) case. Would you please explain the math behind 'or'? your example has Prob(Sat or Sun) = Prob(Sat & not Sun) + Prob(Sun...
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    Is Weekly Probability Same as Daily Probability?

    Thank you for your reply, but I was not clear on the situation. Event: Dice roll Probability of picking the correct number (P): 1/6 Goal: Pick the correct number once (i.e. for just one day) The event will happen for the each day of the week, each day the probability of me picking the...
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    Is Weekly Probability Same as Daily Probability?

    Hello my question is not academic based just personal. I wanted to know if an event as a probability of P of occurring per day and it occurs everyday for a week. Then, for the week the probability is P? i.e. The probability of picking the correct number in a dice roll is 1/6. Then at...
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