If an 8 percent annual percentage rate is compounded quarterly, what is the effective annual rate? Using

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If an 8 percent annual percentage rate is compounded quarterly, what is the effective annual rate?

Using Equation 4.7, we have:m 4 (1 + )" - 1 = (1 + -08) - 1 = .0824, or 8.24% 4

Referring back to our original example where C0 = $1,000 and r = 10%, we can generate the following table:Co $1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Compounding Frequency (m) Yearly (m = 1) Semiannually (m = Quarterly (m = 4)

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Corporate Finance

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Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe

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