Friday, October 24, 2008

Bank Discount

Bank Discount is a quite confusing topic. Now, I'll explain about how to count Bank Discount.

This is the formula to count bank discount -
D=Sdt

Where D = Bank discount
S
= Amount of maturity value
d
= Discount rate
t
= Term of discount in years

The net amount received by the borrower is called the proceeds.
The proceeds, P, are computed as follows:
Depends on the questions, there are 3 ways to calculat proceeds:
P=S-D
P=S-Sdt
P=S(1-dt)

Example:

Jenny borrows RM1000 for 3 months from Diddy who charges a discount rate of 10%. Find

a) the discount

D = sdt
D = 1000 x 0.1 x 3/12
= RM 25

b) the proceeds

P = S - D
P = 1000 - 25
= RM 975


It's quite easy, right?

Well,

Till then,
Zamir

5 comments:

Faisal Admar said...

is this what we called rebate?

Hidayah Admar said...

if I learn this maybe it will be easy to me :)

but for now... still errrr ~ :$

Anonymous said...

yup! lebih kurang rebate la!

Unknown said...

if d=4.8%
s=8700
t=x?
can you solve it for me ?

Unknown said...

where did you get 3/12?

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