compound Inflation

[itgoes]

I have a simple compound inflation calculation question.

If:
A1=x
B1= 3% (the rate of inflation
C1=Y (years of degradation)

then how do you find what x will equal in Y years assuming that X degraded in value each year?

Thanks

[SPNesteby]

Wouldn't this be a Future value question with FV=PV (1+rt) ?

FV=Future Value
PV=Present Value
R=Rate
T=Time

=PV*(1+(R*T))

I could have understood the question wrong too :-\

[shg]

=FV(A2, A3, 0, A1)

FV will be opposite in sign to PV. Inflation rate would be a negative number (e.g, -3%).

Or you could use =A1 * (1+A2) ^ A3