Example Using a Solver Function (USPV): Calculations for a Loan with an Odd First Period. Suppose an auto purchase is financed with a $6,000 loan at 13.5% annual interest. There are 36 monthly payments starting in one month and five days. What is the payment amount?

Use the following formula when the time until the first payment is more than one month but less than two months. Interest for this odd (non-integer) period is calculated by multiplying the monthly interest by the number of days and dividing by 30.

The formula for this loan is:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNI N

 

 

 

ANNI

 

DAYS

 

 

1

1

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PV 1

+

 

 

+

PMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= 0

1200

30

 

 

ANNI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where:

ANNIthe annual percentage interest rate. Nthe number of payment periods.

DAYSthe number of leftover, odd days (an integer from 0 through 30).

PVthe amount of the loan. PMTthe monthly payment.

The formula can be rearranged and simplified using USPV, the Solver function for returning the present value of a uniform series of payments:





The keystrokes are:

PV *(1 +ANNI /1200 *DAYS /30 )

+PMT *USPV (ANNI /12:N )=0

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