HP 17bII+ Financial Calculator
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Welcome to the hp17bII+
Welcome to the HP 17bII+
Contents
Using Parentheses in Calculations
Error Messages
Power Function Exponentiation
Saving and Reusing Numbers
Cash Flow Calculations
Time Value of Money
Interest Rate Conversions
Depreciation
Bonds
10 121 Running Total and Statistics
11 141 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
12 153 The Equation Solver
14 190 Additional Examples
More About Calculations
Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service
RPN The Stack
Menu Maps RPN Summary
RPN Selected Examples Error Messages Index
List of Examples
List of Examples
General Business Calculations
Currency Exchange Calculations
Interest Rate Conversions
How to Use the Equation Solver
Time, Alarms, and Date Arithmetic
Bonds and Notes
Running Total and Statistical Calculations
Important Information
Important Information
Adjusting the Display Contrast
Power On and Off Continuous Memory
Getting Started
Getting Started
What You See in the Display
Setting the Language
Keys for language Key Description
18 1 Getting Started
Backspacing and Clearing
Shift Key @
20 1 Getting Started
Keys for Clearing
Keys Display Description
KeysDisplayDescription
Doing Arithmetic
22 1 Getting Started
Using the Menu Keys
Keying in Negative Numbers
Menu Labels Menu Keys
Main Menu
24 1 Getting Started
Main Menu Menu Label Operations Done Covered This Category
Choosing Menus and Reading Menu Maps
Displaying the MU%C menu
Using the MU%C menu
26 1 Getting Started
Calculations Using Menus
28 1 Getting Started
Exiting Menus e
Clearing Values in Menus
= Cost
Solving Your Own Equations Solve
30 1 Getting Started
Typing Words and Characters the ALPHAbetic Menu
Keys
Editing ALPHAbetic Text
34 5?
Characters
Alphabetic Editing Operation Label or Key to Press
Calculating the Answer Calc
Keyboard
32 1 Getting Started
Menu for carpeting
Decimal Places
Controlling the Display Format
Internal Precision
Temporarily SHOWing ALL
Exchanging Periods and Commas in Numbers
Rounding a Number
36 1 Getting Started
Error Messages
Modes
Memory still free
Calculator Memory @M
Calculator Line
Arithmetic
VDoing Calculations
38 2 Arithmetic
456 75 × 18.5
VUsing Parentheses in Calculations
Keys Display
30 x
40 2 Arithmetic
VThe Percent Key
Mathematical Functions
Key
VThe Power Function Exponentiation
Shifted Math Functions
Math Menu Labels
Math Menu
KeysDisplay Description
42 2 Arithmetic
History Stack of Numbers
Saving and Reusing Numbers
44 2 Arithmetic
VReusing the Last Result @L
VKeys Display
VKeys Display Description
Storing and Recalling Numbers
475.6 560.1 + 39.15
Arithmetic in Registers
Keys New Register Contents
Doing Arithmetic Inside Registers and Variables
Scientific Notation
48 2 Arithmetic
Range of Numbers
Business Percentages BUS Menus
Percentage Calculations Business
Menu Description
Percentage Calculations in Business
Examples Using the BUS Menus
Using the BUS Menus
Percent Change %CHG
50 3 Percentage Calculations in Business
Percent of Total %TOTL
52 3 Percentage Calculations in Business
Markup as a Percent of Cost MU%C
Markup as a Percent of Price MU%P
Cost Price M%C Cost Price M%P
Sharing Variables Between Menus
54 4 Currency Exchange Calculation
Currency Exchange Calculations
Currx Menu
Currency Exchange Calculation
Selecting a Set of Currencies
Currx Menu
Currencies
Currency Rate
United States Conversion Chart in US$
Entering a Rate
Select HK$ as currency
58 4 Currency Exchange Calculation
Select CAN$ as currency
Example Converting between Hong Kong and U.S Dollars
Converting Between Two Currencies
Storing and Recalling Sets of Currencies
60 4 Currency Exchange Calculation
Clearing the Currency Variables
Time Value of Money
Time Value of Money
TVM Menu
Second Level of TVM
First Level of TVM
Second Level
TVM Menu Labels
Menu Label Description First Level
64 5 Time Value of Money
Cash Flow Diagrams and Signs of Numbers
PMT
66 5 Time Value of Money
Using the TVM Menu
Loan Calculations
Figures and stores number
68 5 Time Value of Money
11.5
Figures and stores
70 5 Time Value of Money
000
Savings Calculations
72 5 Time Value of Money
15X 12X 359 360
74 5 Time Value of Money
Leasing Calculations
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76 5 Time Value of Money
Amortization Amrt
Amrt Menu Labels
Displaying an Amortization Schedule
Label
78 5 Time Value of Money
Number of payments
Next successive set of payments authorized
80 5 Time Value of Money
Printing an Amortization Table Table
82 5 Time Value of Money
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84 6 Interest Rate Conversions
Interest Rate Conversions
Interest Rate Conversions
Icnv Menu
Converting Interest Rates
86 6 Interest Rate Conversions
Compounding Periods Different from Payment Periods
88 6 Interest Rate Conversions
Per year
90 6 Interest Rate Conversions
Cash Flow Calculations
Cash Flow Calculations
Cflo menu
92 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Cflo Menu Labels
Cash Flows Ungrouped
94 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Creating a Cash-Flow List
For grouped cash flows The display now shows
Entering Cash Flows
96 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Prompting for #TIMES #T?. When the calculator displays
EGG
Viewing and Correcting the List
Naming and Renaming a Cash-Flow List
Copying a Number from a List to the Calculator Line
98 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Deleting Cash Flows from a List. Pressing ndeletes both
Viewing the Name of the Current List. Press o, then e
Clearing a Cash-Flow List and Its Name
Starting or GETting Another List
100 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Cash-Flow Calculations IRR, NPV, NUS, NFV
Calc Menu for Cflo Lists Menu Label
115,000 500
102 7 Cash Flow Calculations
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104 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Group Number Amount
G9ECL.T8U
50 50 50
106 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Doing Other Calculations with Cflo Data
108 8 Bonds
Bonds
Bond Menu
Bonds
Bond Menu Labels
Menu Description Label
To calculate the price or yield of a bond
Doing Bond Calculations
110 8 Bonds
Since there is no call on
112 8 Bonds
MM.DDYYYY format
114 9 Depreciation
Depreciation
Deprc Menu
Depreciation
Deprc Menu Labels
DB, SOYD, and SL Methods
Doing Depreciation Calculations
116 9 Depreciation
To calculate the depreciation for an asset
Basis Salv 4,000
KeysDisplay
118 9 Depreciation
Acrs Method
Year Percentage Deductible Keys Display Description
Partial-Year Depreciation
120 9 Depreciation
Calendar Year Depreciation Value
Running Total and Statistics
Running Total and Statistics
122 10 Running Total and Statistics
SUM Menu
SUM Menu Labels
Entering Numbers and Viewing the Total
Creating a SUM List
124 10 Running Total and Statistics
Transaction
Date
Amount Date
126 10 Running Total and Statistics
Naming and Renaming a SUM List
Doing Statistical Calculations Calc
Clearing a SUM List and Its Name
128 10 Running Total and Statistics
Calculations with One Variable
Calc Menu for SUM Lists Menu Key
Expense
Month Phone
130 10 Running Total and Statistics
Calculations with Two Variables Frcst
Calc Total
132 10 Running Total and Statistics
Frcst Menu Labels
Logarithmic Curve Fit
Curve Fitting and Forecasting
To do curve fitting and forecasting
134 10 Running Total and Statistics
Radio Dollar Sales Advertising Values
Number of Minutes
Minutes
136 10 Running Total and Statistics
Minutes
138 10 Running Total and Statistics
Weighted Mean and Grouped Standard Deviation
Summation Statistics
140 10 Running Total and Statistics
Doing Other Calculations with SUM Data
Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Time, Appointments, Date Arithmetic
Viewing the Time and Date
Time Menu Labels
Time Menu
Menu Label Description
142 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
SET Menu Labels
Setting the Time and Date SET
Or DD.MMYYYY
To set the date
144 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Adjusting the Clock Setting Adjst
Changing the Time and Date Formats SET
Appointments Appt
Viewing or Setting an Appointment APT1-APT10
Menu Labels for Setting Appointments Description
Appointment message optional To set, change, or just view a
To set an appointment or view its current setting
146 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Acknowledging an Appointment
Clearing Appointments
Unacknowledged Appointments
148 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
To acknowledge a past-due appointment
Date Arithmetic Calc
Calculating the Number of Days between Dates
Determining the Day of the Week for Any Date
Calc Menu Labels for Date Arithmetic
150 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Calculating Past or Future Dates
DATE2
152 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Equation Solver
Equation Solver
Solver Example Sales Forecasts
Next =OLD
154 12 The Equation Solver
Menu Label
Display Description
Keys
Solve Menu
156 12 The Equation Solver
To make an entry into the Solver list
Entering Equations
Solve Menu Labels
158 12 The Equation Solver
Calculating Using Solver Menus Calc
To do a calculation using a Solver menu
Rmenu label
Eqty
160 12 The Equation Solver
Naming an Equation
Editing an Equation Edit
Shared Variables
Finding an Equation in the Solver List
Clearing Variables
162 12 The Equation Solver
Deleting a variable is quite different from clearing it
Deleting Variables and Equations
Deleting One Equation or Its Variables Delet
Writing Equations
Deleting All Equations or All Variables in the Solver @c
164 12 The Equation Solver
× E
100
× C Could be entered as
166 12 The Equation Solver
What Can Appear in an Equation
Using the Alpha Menu
168 12 The Equation Solver
Using a Typing Aid
Solver Functions
DDAYSd1d2cal
Solver Functions for Equations Description
HH.MMSS format
170 12 The Equation Solver
IFcond expr 1 expr
ITEMSUM-listnameitem#
SIZECCFLO-listname
Σcfr c 1 c 2 s expr
SIZESSUM-listname
#TCFLO-listnameflow#
172 12 The Equation Solver
Days
OperatorKeys
Conditional Expressions with if
≥ ³=
174 12 The Equation Solver
Rating Percent Salary Increase
Examples of Conditional Equations
VALUE=FIRST+1 ÷ FIRST. If FIRST=0, then VALUE=FIRST
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Summation Function ∑
176 12 The Equation Solver
Accessing Cflo and SUM Lists from the Solver
178 12 The Equation Solver
Creating Menus for Multiple Equations S Function
How the Solver Works
180 12 The Equation Solver
Halting and Restarting the Iterative Search
Entering Guesses
52EG8527H Y@/O127EF Y@/GX7EF Keys
182 12 The Equation Solver
@I$&/Solves for QTY iteratively
184 13 Printing
Printing
Double Space Printing
Printer’s Power Source
Printing the DisplayP
Printing
Printing Variables, Lists, and Appointments List
Printing Other Information @p
Printer Menu Labels
186 13 Printing
Except IRR%. Instead, press tPto print the value for IRR%
188 13 Printing
Printing Descriptive Messages MSG
Trace Printing Trace
KeysPrint-out
How to Interrupt the Printer
Loans
Additional Examples
Simple Annual Interest
190 14 Additional Examples
Additional Examples
Yield of a Discounted or Premium Mortgage
Figures and stores total
192 14 Additional Examples
See appendix F for RPN keystrokes for the next two examples
Annual Percentage Rate for a Loan with Fees
194 14 Additional Examples
Loan with an Odd Partial First Period
@c e
Solver Equation for Odd-Period Calculations
196 14 Additional Examples
Canadian Mortgages
Solver Equation for Canadian Mortgages
198 14 Additional Examples
Solver Equation for Advance Payments
Advance Payments Leasing
200 14 Additional Examples
Savings
Value of a Fund with Regular Withdrawals
Displays periodic
202 14 Additional Examples
Deposits Needed for a Child’s College Account
Additional Examples
204 14 Additional Examples
Flow of Withdrawals
For FLOW1
206 14 Additional Examples
Value of a Tax-Free Account
# 5?@2 JH= 0EAH
208 14 Additional Examples
Value of a Taxable Retirement Account
Modified Internal Rate of Return
Group No. of Months Cash Flow, $ Flow no
210 14 Additional Examples
100000
V8 /12
212 14 Additional Examples
200000
V13 /12
Solver Equation for Insurance Price
Price of an Insurance Policy
214 14 Additional Examples
Bonds
216 14 Additional Examples
Discounted Notes
Moving Average
Statistics
Solver Equation for Moving Averages
218 14 Additional Examples
If necessary
Chi-Squared χ2 Statistics
If the expected values vary
220 14 Additional Examples
Use
Keystroke Display Description
Number
Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service
Assistance, Batteries Memory, and Service
Answers to Common Questions
Obtaining Help in Operating the Calculator
Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service
Do not use rechargeable batteries
Power and Batteries
Low-Power Indications
Installing Batteries
Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service
Managing Calculator Memory
Reset hole
Resetting the Calculator
For selecting English language
For selecting the other languages
Erasing Continuous Memory
For English language
For the other languages
Environmental Limits
Determining If the Calculator Requires Service
Clock Accuracy
If the calculator doesn’t respond to keystrokes
Confirming Calculator Operation Self-Test
If the calculator won’t turn on
Warranty
Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service
Europe Country Telephone numbers
America Country Telephone numbers
Regulatory information
Asia Pacific Country Telephone numbers
Japan
Canada
IRR% Calculations
More About Calculations
Possible Outcomes of Calculating IRR%
More About Calculations
Storing a Guess for IRR%
Halting and Restarting the IRR% Calculation
Solver Calculations
Direct Solutions
O F I T = P R I C E - C O S T
S T = P R I C E - P R O F I T
= a R E a ÷ W
E a =L x W
Iterative Solutions
Case 1a Case 1b Is exactly Is not exactly
More About Calculations
J1A =4HFFHFI
Actuarial Functions
Equations Used by Built-in Menus
- n
100
Amortization
Percentage Calculations in Business BUS
Time Value of Money TVM
Cash-Flow Calculations
Interest Rate Conversions
NOM % P
NPV = CF0 + ∑CFj x Uspv i% nj x Sppv i% Nj
NUS = Uspv i% N Total = ∑nj × CFj
Bond Calculations
DB = Basis × Fact % /100
Depreciation Calculations
Model Transformation
Sum and Statistics
Forecasting
SXY = Σ
Equations Used in Chapter
SX 2 × SY
PV = − PMT
Modified Internal Rate of Return
Odd-Period Calculations
Advance Payments
Menu Maps
Menu Maps
Figure C-2. Currx Menu
Figure C-3. FIN Menu
Figure C-3 . FIN Menu
Figure C-4. SUM Menu
Figure C-5. Time Menu
Figure C-6. Solve Menu
About RPN
RPN Summary
About RPN on the HP 17bII+
RPN Summary
To select RPN mode Press @
Setting RPN Mode
Function Definition Key to Use Name
Where the RPN Functions Are
~ same as
Same as
Simple Arithmetic
Arithmetic Topics Affected by RPN Mode
Doing Calculations in RPN
To Calculate Press Display
27 %
Chain Calculations-No Parentheses
RPN Mode ALG Mode
Calculations with STO and RCL
+ 5 E 6 +
RPN The Stack
RPN The Stack
What the Stack Is
Exchanging the X- and Y-Registers in the Stack
Reviewing the Stack Roll Down
Arithmetic-How the Stack Does It
+ 6 :
How Enter Works
Clearing Numbers
Retrieving Numbers from Last
Reusing Numbers
Last X Register
Chain Calculations
Exercises
Solution 23 @w13 E9 *-7@t+
RPN Selected Examples
RPN Selected Examples
RPN Selected Examples
#$ 5?@2 HA 0EAH 10 @ Stores total number Payments 1000000 E
#TIMES1 for FLOW1
For E, press =, not
I11 I G9ECLT8U
# 5?@2 JH=
# 5?@2 JH= Begin mode
Error Messages
Error Messages
H22E2I EOH2G9EC
Error Messages
Error Messages
EOH2G9EC
Error Messages
#Special Characters
Index
Index
143 2, 42 -,150
147
169
166 56 ›, 132 a, 78 Z
156
74-75
=, F
85-87
31-32
174-76
149
115 ?, 32 ª, 150 «, 150 ¬
145
162-64
144
116
64 I
133
181-83
138-39
168-71
239
72-73
213-15
132-34
132 k, 186 o, 42 3, 42 L
132 , 109 +, 49, 53 6, 52, 128 ‘, 128
\, 143 N
143-44
Memory. See also Continuous Memory
146
175
101 w, 101 x, 101 /, 157 @, 56 B, 56 J, 56 4, 42 j
92-94
56 5, 42 , 18 @p, 186 P
80-81
85-86
PMT. See also Payments in TVM, 63 rounded amortization
115
56 Q, 56 l, 186 ¡
Using
128
146-47
176
243-46
171
132 L
148
178
109 ‹, 115 M
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