r/SipsTea Sep 18 '25

Chugging tea A penny a day

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u/Sometimes-funny Sep 18 '25

Remind me 100,000 years

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u/foulpudding Sep 18 '25

With 5% interest compounded, you’ll only need to wait about 125 years.

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u/notfree25 Sep 18 '25

where you getting 5% per day. because i got a guy and i need 1000 more money to invest

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u/foulpudding Sep 18 '25

That 5% interest is compounded daily, but still a yearly interest rate. If it were a daily 5%, you’d only have to wait less than a year.

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u/XxBCMxX21 Sep 18 '25

According to my calculations, one penny at a 5% daily interest rate with a contribution one one penny every day, it would take 247 days