Texas Instruments BA-20 Profit Manager User Manual - Page 74

Resetting the Percent Change/Compound Interest, Worksheet Variables, Entering Values, Computing Values

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Resetting the Percent Change/Compound Interest Worksheet Variables • To reset the Percent Change/Compound Interest variables to default values, press & z while in the Percent Change/Compound Interest worksheet. Variable Default OLD 0 NEW 0 Variable %CH #PD Default 0 1 • To reset default values for all calculator variables and formats, press & } !. Entering Values • For percent-change calculations, enter values for any two of the three variables (OLD, NEW, and %CH) and compute a value for the unknown variable (leave #PD=1). A positive percent change represents a percentage increase; a negative percent change represents a percentage decrease. • For compound-interest calculations, enter values for the three known variables and compute a value for the unknown fourth variable. - OLD= present value - NEW= future value - %CH= interest rate per period - #PD= number of periods • For cost-sell-markup calculations, enter values for two of the three variables (OLD, NEW, and %CH) and compute a value for the unknown. - OLD = cost - NEW= selling price - %CH= percent markup - #PD= 1 Computing Values 1. To select the Percent Change/Compound Interest worksheet, press & q. The current value for OLD is displayed. 2. To clear the worksheet, press & z. 70 Other Worksheets

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Resetting the Percent Change/Compound Interest
Worksheet Variables
To reset the Percent Change/Compound Interest variables to default
values, press
& z
while in the Percent Change/Compound
Interest worksheet.
To reset default values for all calculator variables and formats, press
& } !
.
Entering Values
For percent-change calculations, enter values for any two of the
three variables (
OLD
,
NEW
, and
%CH
) and compute a value for the
unknown variable (leave
#PD=1
). A positive percent change
represents a percentage increase; a negative percent change
represents a percentage decrease.
For compound-interest calculations, enter values for the three
known variables and compute a value for the unknown fourth
variable.
OLD
= present value
NEW
= future value
%CH
= interest rate per period
#PD
= number of periods
For cost-sell-markup calculations, enter values for two of the three
variables (
OLD
,
NEW
, and
%CH
) and compute a value for the
unknown.
OLD
= cost
NEW
= selling price
%CH
= percent markup
#PD
=
1
Computing Values
1.
To select the Percent Change/Compound Interest worksheet, press
& q
. The current value for
OLD
is displayed.
2.
To clear the worksheet, press
& z
.
Variable
Default
Variable
Default
OLD
0
%CH
0
NEW
0
#PD
1