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Market Growth Rate CAGR questions but can't apply rule of 72

Compounded Annual Growth Rate
Neue Antwort am 20. Mai 2022
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Anonym A fragte am 17. Mai 2022

Hello all,

How would you solve the following in 1 min:

The market size is $50B and is expected to grow by 30% per year for the next 5 years? 

I got this question in a case interview and ended up doing the real math rather than using Rule of 72, which I thought wasn't applicable here, but I maybe wrong. My calculation took almost 2-3 mins.

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Ian
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antwortete am 18. Mai 2022
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Hi there,

72 / 30 = 2.5

That means it doubles every 2.5 years.

As it turns out, the case question really conveniently asks you for the 5 year period…how convenient! (Sarcasm…it's planned!)

So, your investment will double twice.

The answer is $200B

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Clara
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antwortete am 20. Mai 2022
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Hello!

The rule still applies! You need to see that 2.5 times 30 is approx. 72 (75, but we need to train the eye to see this kind of “almost” in the math, since they are the trick)

 

Cheers, 

Clara

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