HP 17bII+ Financial Calculator
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Welcome to the HP 17bII+
Welcome to the hp17bII+
Contents
Power Function Exponentiation
Error Messages
Using Parentheses in Calculations
Saving and Reusing Numbers
Cash Flow Calculations
Time Value of Money
Interest Rate Conversions
10 121 Running Total and Statistics
Bonds
Depreciation
11 141 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
12 153 The Equation Solver
14 190 Additional Examples
Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service
More About Calculations
Menu Maps RPN Summary
RPN The Stack
RPN Selected Examples Error Messages Index
General Business Calculations
List of Examples
List of Examples
Currency Exchange Calculations
Interest Rate Conversions
Bonds and Notes
Time, Alarms, and Date Arithmetic
How to Use the Equation Solver
Running Total and Statistical Calculations
Important Information
Important Information
Getting Started
Power On and Off Continuous Memory
Adjusting the Display Contrast
Getting Started
Keys for language Key Description
Setting the Language
What You See in the Display
18 1 Getting Started
Shift Key @
Backspacing and Clearing
20 1 Getting Started
Keys for Clearing
Keys Display Description
Doing Arithmetic
KeysDisplayDescription
22 1 Getting Started
Using the Menu Keys
Keying in Negative Numbers
Main Menu
Menu Labels Menu Keys
Main Menu Menu Label Operations Done Covered This Category
24 1 Getting Started
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
Solving Your Own Equations Solve
= Cost
Typing Words and Characters the ALPHAbetic Menu
30 1 Getting Started
34 5?
Editing ALPHAbetic Text
Keys
Characters
Keyboard
Calculating the Answer Calc
Alphabetic Editing Operation Label or Key to Press
32 1 Getting Started
Menu for carpeting
Internal Precision
Controlling the Display Format
Decimal Places
Temporarily SHOWing ALL
Rounding a Number
Exchanging Periods and Commas in Numbers
36 1 Getting Started
Error Messages
Modes
Calculator Memory @M
Memory still free
VDoing Calculations
Arithmetic
Calculator Line
38 2 Arithmetic
Keys Display
VUsing Parentheses in Calculations
456 75 × 18.5
30 x
40 2 Arithmetic
VThe Percent Key
Mathematical Functions
Key
VThe Power Function Exponentiation
Shifted Math Functions
KeysDisplay Description
Math Menu
Math Menu Labels
42 2 Arithmetic
Saving and Reusing Numbers
History Stack of 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
Range of Numbers
48 2 Arithmetic
Menu Description
Percentage Calculations Business
Business Percentages BUS Menus
Percentage Calculations in Business
Percent Change %CHG
Using the BUS Menus
Examples Using the BUS Menus
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
Sharing Variables Between Menus
Cost Price M%C Cost Price M%P
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
Clearing the Currency Variables
60 4 Currency Exchange Calculation
Time Value of Money
Time Value of Money
TVM Menu
First Level of TVM
Second Level of TVM
Second Level
TVM Menu Labels
Menu Label Description First Level
Cash Flow Diagrams and Signs of Numbers
64 5 Time Value of Money
PMT
Using the TVM Menu
66 5 Time Value of Money
Loan Calculations
68 5 Time Value of Money
Figures and stores number
11.5
70 5 Time Value of Money
Figures and stores
Savings Calculations
000
72 5 Time Value of Money
15X 12X 359 360
Leasing Calculations
74 5 Time Value of Money
@28#+
76 5 Time Value of Money
Amortization Amrt
Label
Displaying an Amortization Schedule
Amrt Menu Labels
78 5 Time Value of Money
Number of payments
80 5 Time Value of Money
Next successive set of payments authorized
Printing an Amortization Table Table
82 5 Time Value of Money
508 /,%&-$ GO8
Interest Rate Conversions
84 6 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
Cflo Menu Labels
92 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Cash Flows Ungrouped
Creating a Cash-Flow List
94 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Entering Cash Flows
For grouped cash flows The display now shows
Prompting for #TIMES #T?. When the calculator displays
96 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Viewing and Correcting the List
EGG
98 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Copying a Number from a List to the Calculator Line
Naming and Renaming a Cash-Flow List
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
Cash-Flow Calculations IRR, NPV, NUS, NFV
100 7 Cash Flow Calculations
Calc Menu for Cflo Lists Menu Label
102 7 Cash Flow Calculations
115,000 500
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Group Number Amount
104 7 Cash Flow Calculations
G9ECL.T8U
106 7 Cash Flow Calculations
50 50 50
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
Deprc Menu Labels
Depreciation
116 9 Depreciation
Doing Depreciation Calculations
DB, SOYD, and SL Methods
To calculate the depreciation for an asset
KeysDisplay
Basis Salv 4,000
118 9 Depreciation
Acrs Method
Year Percentage Deductible Keys Display Description
Partial-Year Depreciation
Calendar Year Depreciation Value
120 9 Depreciation
Running Total and Statistics
Running Total and Statistics
122 10 Running Total and Statistics
SUM Menu
SUM Menu Labels
Creating a SUM List
Entering Numbers and Viewing the Total
124 10 Running Total and Statistics
Transaction
Date
Amount Date
Naming and Renaming a SUM List
126 10 Running Total and Statistics
Clearing a SUM List and Its Name
Doing Statistical Calculations Calc
128 10 Running Total and Statistics
Calculations with One Variable
Calc Menu for SUM Lists Menu Key
Month Phone
Expense
Calculations with Two Variables Frcst
130 10 Running Total and Statistics
Calc Total
Frcst Menu Labels
132 10 Running Total and Statistics
Curve Fitting and Forecasting
Logarithmic Curve Fit
134 10 Running Total and Statistics
To do curve fitting and forecasting
Number of Minutes
Radio Dollar Sales Advertising Values
136 10 Running Total and Statistics
Minutes
Minutes
Weighted Mean and Grouped Standard Deviation
138 10 Running Total and Statistics
Summation Statistics
Doing Other Calculations with SUM Data
140 10 Running Total and Statistics
Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Time, Appointments, Date Arithmetic
Viewing the Time and Date
Menu Label Description
Time Menu
Time Menu Labels
142 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Or DD.MMYYYY
Setting the Time and Date SET
SET Menu Labels
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
148 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Unacknowledged Appointments
Clearing Appointments
To acknowledge a past-due appointment
Date Arithmetic Calc
Calc Menu Labels for Date Arithmetic
Determining the Day of the Week for Any Date
Calculating the Number of Days between Dates
150 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
Calculating Past or Future Dates
152 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic
DATE2
Equation Solver
Equation Solver
Solver Example Sales Forecasts
154 12 The Equation Solver
Next =OLD
Display Description
Menu Label
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
160 12 The Equation Solver
Eqty
Editing an Equation Edit
Naming an Equation
Clearing Variables
Finding an Equation in the Solver List
Shared Variables
162 12 The Equation Solver
Deleting Variables and Equations
Deleting a variable is quite different from clearing it
Deleting All Equations or All Variables in the Solver @c
Writing Equations
Deleting One Equation or Its Variables Delet
164 12 The Equation Solver
× E
100
× C Could be entered as
What Can Appear in an Equation
166 12 The Equation Solver
Using the Alpha Menu
168 12 The Equation Solver
Using a Typing Aid
Solver Functions
Solver Functions for Equations Description
DDAYSd1d2cal
IFcond expr 1 expr
170 12 The Equation Solver
HH.MMSS format
ITEMSUM-listnameitem#
SIZESSUM-listname
Σcfr c 1 c 2 s expr
SIZECCFLO-listname
#TCFLO-listnameflow#
172 12 The Equation Solver
Days
≥ ³=
Conditional Expressions with if
OperatorKeys
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
Creating Menus for Multiple Equations S Function
178 12 The Equation Solver
How the Solver Works
Halting and Restarting the Iterative Search
180 12 The Equation Solver
Entering Guesses
182 12 The Equation Solver
52EG8527H Y@/O127EF Y@/GX7EF Keys
@I$&/Solves for QTY iteratively
Printing
184 13 Printing
Printing the DisplayP
Printer’s Power Source
Double Space Printing
Printing
Printer Menu Labels
Printing Other Information @p
Printing Variables, Lists, and Appointments List
186 13 Printing
Except IRR%. Instead, press tPto print the value for IRR%
188 13 Printing
Printing Descriptive Messages MSG
Trace Printing Trace
How to Interrupt the Printer
KeysPrint-out
Simple Annual Interest
Additional Examples
Loans
190 14 Additional Examples
Yield of a Discounted or Premium Mortgage
Additional Examples
192 14 Additional Examples
Figures and stores total
Annual Percentage Rate for a Loan with Fees
See appendix F for RPN keystrokes for the next two examples
194 14 Additional Examples
@c e
Loan with an Odd Partial First Period
196 14 Additional Examples
Solver Equation for Odd-Period Calculations
Canadian Mortgages
198 14 Additional Examples
Solver Equation for Canadian Mortgages
Advance Payments Leasing
Solver Equation for Advance Payments
200 14 Additional Examples
Savings
Value of a Fund with Regular Withdrawals
Displays periodic
Deposits Needed for a Child’s College Account
202 14 Additional Examples
Additional Examples
Flow of Withdrawals
204 14 Additional Examples
For FLOW1
Value of a Tax-Free Account
206 14 Additional Examples
# 5?@2 JH= 0EAH
Value of a Taxable Retirement Account
208 14 Additional Examples
Modified Internal Rate of Return
210 14 Additional Examples
Group No. of Months Cash Flow, $ Flow no
V8 /12
100000
212 14 Additional Examples
200000
V13 /12
Price of an Insurance Policy
Solver Equation for Insurance Price
214 14 Additional Examples
Bonds
Discounted Notes
216 14 Additional Examples
Statistics
Moving Average
218 14 Additional Examples
Solver Equation for Moving Averages
Chi-Squared χ2 Statistics
If necessary
220 14 Additional Examples
If the expected values vary
Use
Keystroke Display Description
Number
Answers to Common Questions
Assistance, Batteries Memory, and Service
Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service
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
Resetting the Calculator
Reset hole
For selecting English language
For English language
Erasing Continuous Memory
For selecting the other languages
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
Canada
Japan
Possible Outcomes of Calculating IRR%
More About Calculations
IRR% Calculations
More About Calculations
Halting and Restarting the IRR% Calculation
Storing a Guess for IRR%
O F I T = P R I C E - C O S T
Direct Solutions
Solver Calculations
S T = P R I C E - P R O F I T
E a =L x W
= a R E a ÷ W
Iterative Solutions
Case 1a Case 1b Is exactly Is not exactly
More About Calculations
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Equations Used by Built-in Menus
Actuarial Functions
100
Amortization
Percentage Calculations in Business BUS
Time Value of Money TVM
NOM % P
Interest Rate Conversions
Cash-Flow Calculations
NPV = CF0 + ∑CFj x Uspv i% nj x Sppv i% Nj
Bond Calculations
NUS = Uspv i% N Total = ∑nj × CFj
Depreciation Calculations
DB = Basis × Fact % /100
Model Transformation
Sum and Statistics
Forecasting
SX 2 × SY
Equations Used in Chapter
SXY = Σ
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 on the HP 17bII+
RPN Summary
About RPN
RPN Summary
Setting RPN Mode
To select RPN mode Press @
~ same as
Where the RPN Functions Are
Function Definition Key to Use Name
Same as
Simple Arithmetic
Arithmetic Topics Affected by RPN Mode
Doing Calculations in RPN
27 %
To Calculate Press Display
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
Reviewing the Stack Roll Down
Exchanging the X- and Y-Registers in the Stack
Arithmetic-How the Stack Does It
How Enter Works
+ 6 :
Clearing Numbers
Retrieving Numbers from Last
Reusing Numbers
Last X Register
Chain Calculations
Solution 23 @w13 E9 *-7@t+
Exercises
RPN Selected Examples
RPN Selected Examples
RPN Selected Examples
#$ 5?@2 HA 0EAH 10 @ Stores total number Payments 1000000 E
For E, press =, not
#TIMES1 for FLOW1
I11 I G9ECLT8U
# 5?@2 JH=
# 5?@2 JH= Begin mode
Error Messages
Error Messages
H22E2I EOH2G9EC
Error Messages
Error Messages
EOH2G9EC
Error Messages
Index
Index
#Special Characters
143 2, 42 -,150
169
147
156
166 56 ›, 132 a, 78 Z
=, F
74-75
85-87
31-32
174-76
149
115 ?, 32 ª, 150 «, 150 ¬
145
116
144
162-64
64 I
181-83
133
168-71
138-39
239
72-73
213-15
132 , 109 +, 49, 53 6, 52, 128 ‘, 128
132 k, 186 o, 42 3, 42 L
132-34
\, 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
128
Using
56 Q, 56 l, 186 ¡
146-47
243-46
176
171
132 L
148
178
109 ‹, 115 M
This regulation applies only to The Netherlands