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Is there a trick to quickly estimate the average annual growth percentage / to or total compounded growth, without a calculator? i.e. X will grow with 5% for the coming 10 years.

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Vlad

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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, You can use the rule of 72. For example, if you know the revenue will grow from 100M to 400M in 12 years and you need to know the CAGR: 100M will double and grow to 200M in 6 years CAGR = 72 / 6 / 100 = 12 ... (read entire answer)

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