HP 12C Financial 12C 000, Section 8: Programming Basics

Section 8: Programming Basics 105

Example: Your office supplies dealer is selling selected stock at 25% off. Create a program that calculates the net cost of an item after the discount is subtracted and the $5 handling charge is added.

First, we’ll manually calculate the net cost of an item listing for $200.

Keystrokes	Display
(RPN mode)
200	200.	Keys in cost of item.
\	200.00	Separates cost of item from
		percentage to be keyed in next.
25b	50.00	Amount of discount.
-	150.00	Price less discount.
5	5.	Handling charge.
+	155.00	Net cost (price less discount plus
		handling charge).
Keystrokes	Display
(ALG mode)
200	200.	Keys in cost of item.
-	200.00	Separates cost of item from
		percentage to be keyed in next.
25b	50.00	Amount of discount.
+	150.00	Price less discount.
5	5.	Handling charge.
}	155.00	Net cost (price less discount plus
		handling charge).

Next, set the calculator to Program mode and erase any program(s) already stored:

Keystrokes	Display
fs		Sets calculator to Program mode.
fCLEARÎ	000,	Clears program(s).

Finally, press the keys that we used above to solve the problem manually. Do not key in 200; this number will vary each time the program is used. Don’t be concerned right now about what appears in the display as you press the keys; we’ll discuss that later in this section.

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