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Interest Explained - Simple vs Compound

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$1,000 in Priya's account earns exactly $19.71 more under compound interest than simple after three years, a gap that widens to about $2,060.96 by year 20 once the chart's simple line reaches $2,600 against the compound line's $4,660.96.

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