54
Pr
ocedure
K
e
y
operation
Displa
y
Mo
v
e
to the last date
and calculate
.
z
@
M-D-Y
2=[MO]
2-21-2011
Ans
wer:
The last date is F
ebr
uar
y 21, 2011.
P
e
rcent Chang
e/Compound Interest Cal-
culations
Using percent change/compound interest calculations
, y
ou can
deter
mine the v
alues of percentage r
ates of change (increase or
decrease) or interest r
ates compounding per
iodically
.
V
ariab
les used in per
cent c
hang
e/compound interest
calculations
V
ariab
le
Description
Default v
alue
OLD PRC (PV)
Old pr
ice (old v
alue)
0
NEW PRC (FV)
Ne
w pr
ice (ne
w v
alue)
0
% (I/Y)
P
ercent change
0
PERIODS (N)
Number of compounding per
iods
1
Basic operations
Ref
er to page 19 f
or basic v
a
riab
le oper
ations
.
1.
Press
s
to clear the displa
y.
• Mak
e sure the calculator is in NORMAL mode
.
2.
Select percent change/
com-
pound interest calculations b
y
pressing
.
B
.
•
T
o
end percent change/com-
pound interest calculations
, press
s
.
•
If y
ou press
s
dur
ing entr
y,
an
y entered v
alues will be
cleared.
3.
Enter the v
alues of an
y three kno
wn v
a
riab
les:
old pr
ice
, ne
w
pr
ice
, percent change
, or n
umber of compounding per
iods
.
4.
Mo
v
e
to the v
a
riab
le y
ou wish to calculate
, using the
z
and
i
k
e
y
s
, and press
@
to calculate
.
OLD
PRC(PV)=
000
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