Option to buy, for a lease, 74–75

OR, 174

Order of calculation, in the Solver, 165

OTHER menu, 146–47Overdue appointments. See

Past- due appointment Overview, 3

P

, 56, 63 , 78 , 63 , 62 , 78, 82, 85

, 52, 109

, 51

, 121, 132

, 56 , 42 , 18 @p, 186 P, 186

Parentheses

in arithmetic calculations, 39–40

in equations, 165, 167 in RPN, 266, 268, 274

Partial period. See also Odd period

payments, 62

302 Index

Past dates, calculating, 151 Past due appointments

acknowledging, 148 definition, 146

Payment mode, 62 changing, 62 definition, 65–66resetting, 62

Payment periods, 62 compounding, 61–64

in cash flow calculations, 93 vs. compounding periods,

87–90, 200 Payments

amortization, 77–81lease, 74–77

number per year, in TVM, 63 TVM, 62

Percent, 40 change, 49–51

key for simple interest, 40, 61

of cost, 49, 52 of total, 49, 51

Percentage calculations, 49–53in RPN, 265

Periodic compounding, calculating interest rates for, 85–86

Periodic interest rate, 101 Periodic rate of return, 100 Periods, 35. See also Payment

periods in numbers in numbers, 35

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