Section 3: Basic Financial Functions

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5.Press or to set the payment mode.

6.Press Pto calculate the payment amount.

Example 1: Calculate the payment amount on a 29-year, $243,400 mortgage at 5.25% annual interest, compounded monthly.

Keystrokes

fCLEARG 29gA

5.25gC

243400$

P

Display

348.00Calculates and stores n.

0.44Calculates and stores i.

243,400.00 Stores PV.

243,400.00 Sets payment mode to End.

–1,363.29Monthly payment (with minus sign for cash paid out).

Example 2: Looking forward to retirement, you wish to accumulate $60,000 after 15 years by making deposits in an account that pays 9.75% interest compounded semiannually. You open the account with a deposit of $3,200 and intend to make semiannual deposits, beginning six months later, from your profit-sharing bonus paychecks. Calculate how much these deposits should be.

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