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#include <stdio.h>
/* A simple program from the book "Vägen till C" to calculate for how long your
* money will have to sit in the bank at a given interest rate to reach the
* amount of money you'll want
*/
int main()
{
float cap, want, interest;
int year;
printf("Invested capital: "); scanf("%f", &cap);
printf("Want sum: "); scanf("%f", &want);
printf("Interest? "); scanf("%f", &interest);
year = 0;
/* As long as your capital at the bank is less than you want, keep rerunning
* the loop until we reach the amout we want. Each loop is one year.
*/
while (cap < want)
{
year = year + 1;
cap = cap * (1 + interest / 100);
}
printf("The capital will have to be at the bank for %d years\n", year);
return 0;
}