Example 2
Money deposited in a bank account earns interest on the initial amount deposited as well as any interest earned as time passes. This compound interest can be described by the expression P(1 + r), where P represents the initial amount deposited, r represents the interest rate, and n represents the number of years that pass. How does a change in each variable affect the value of the expression?
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