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Use the decimal type to compute the future value of an investment
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/*
C#: The Complete Reference
by Herbert Schildt
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002)
ISBN: 0072134852
*/
/*
Use the decimal type to compute the future value
of an investment.
*/
using System;
public class FutVal {
public static void Main() {
decimal amount;
decimal rate_of_return;
int years, i;
amount = 1000.0M;
rate_of_return = 0.07M;
years = 10;
Console.WriteLine("Original investment: $" + amount);
Console.WriteLine("Rate of return: " + rate_of_return);
Console.WriteLine("Over " + years + " years");
for(i = 0; i < years; i++)
amount = amount + (amount * rate_of_return);
Console.WriteLine("Future value is $" + amount);
}
}
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