SOLVE instructions:

1.If your first TVM calculation is to solve for interest rate, I, press 1 II.

2.Press H. If necessary, press ™or što scroll through the equation list until you come to the TVM equation.

3.Do one of the following five operations:

a.Press N to calculate the number of compounding periods.

b.Press I to calculate periodic interest.

For monthly payments, the result returned for I is the monthly interest rate, i; press 12 zto see the annual interest rate.

c.Press B to calculate initial balance of a loan or savings account.

d.Press P to calculate periodic payment.

e.Press F to calculate future value or balance of a loan.

4.Key in the values of the four known variables as they are prompted for; press gafter each value.

5.When you press the last g, the value of the unknown variable is calculated and displayed.

6.To calculate a new variable, or recalculate the same variable using different data, go back to step 2.

SOLVE works effectively in this application without initial guesses.

Variables Used:

N

The number of compounding periods.

I

The periodic interest rate as a percentage. (For example, if the

 

annual interest rate is 15% and there are 12 payments per year,

 

the periodic interest rate, i, is 1512=1.25%.)

B

The initial balance of loan or savings account.

P

The periodic payment.

F

The future value of a savings account or balance of a loan.

Example:

Part 1. You are financing the purchase of a car with a 3–year (36–month) loan at 10.5% annual interest compounded monthly. The purchase price of the car is $7,250. Your down payment is $1,500.

Miscellaneous Programs and Equations 17–3