Chapter 14: Applications
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The decimal placement differentiates the date formats.
Defining the Payment Method
Pmt_End
and
Pmt_Bgn
(menu items
E
and
F
) specify a transaction as an ordinary annuity or an
annuity due. When you execute either command, the TVM Solver is updated.
Pmt_End
Pmt_End
(payment end) specifies an ordinary annuity, where payments occur at the end of each
payment period. Most loans are in this category.
Pmt_End
is the default.
Pmt_End
On the TVM Solver’s
PMT:END BEGIN
line, select
END
to set
PMT
to ordinary annuity.
Pmt_Bgn
Pmt_Bgn
(payment beginning) specifies an annuity due, where payments occur at the beginning of
each payment period. Most leases are in this category.
Pmt_Bgn
On the TVM Solver’s
PMT:END BEGIN
line, select
BEGIN
to set PMT to annuity due.
Using the TVM Variables
FINANCE VARS Menu
To display the
FINANCE VARS
menu, press
Œ
Í
~
. You can use
TVM
variables in
TVM
functions and store values to them on the home screen.
MathPrint™
Classic
CALC VARS
1:
Ú
Total number of payment periods
2:
æ
Annual interest rate
3: PV
Present value
4: PMT
Payment amount
5: FV
Future value
6: P/Y
Number of payment periods per year
