Find compound interest on rs 5000 at rate of 10% p. a compounded semi-annually for 1 1/2 years

Compound interest formula is  where A is the amount after T years, P is the principal amount you start with, R is the interest rate, and N is the amount of compounding periods. Semi-annually means we only have 2 compounding periods.

Now plug in:  which becomes . Plug this into your calculator. 

A = 5788.125. Because it's money, you would round to the nearest penny.

A = 5,788.13 dollars

38 dollars is your answer.