This document discusses key concepts related to engineering economics, including capital, interest, cash flow diagrams, present worth, future value, nominal interest rates, effective interest rates, and simple vs compound interest. It provides examples and formulas for calculating future value, present worth, nominal interest rates, and effective interest rates. The key points are:
- Interest rates are used to determine the time value of money and allow economic comparisons of cash flows over different time periods.
- Compound interest accounts for interest earned on both the principal amount and previously accumulated interest.
- More frequent compounding results in a higher effective interest rate than the nominal annual rate.
- Present worth and future value formulas allow determining the equivalent value