Sharp EL-738 Operation Manual page 75

Depreciation calculations
ROUND(NUM): If a display notation tab
setting has been chosen, NUM is rounded and
truncated to the specifi ed number of places
after the decimal point.
In the following equations, M01 = START
MONTH, LIF = LIFE(N), CST = COST(PV),
SAL = SALVAGE(FV), and DB = DB(I/Y).
Straight-line method (SL)
Calculations
If 1 < n < end_year then
Results
Sum-of-the-yearsʼ digits method (SYD)
Calculations
Results
Declining balance method (DB)
Calculations
Results
Error
CST < 0
SAL < 0
CST < SAL
LIF: when SL, LIF ≤ 0
when SYD or DB, LIF is not a positive
integer
I/Y < 0 (DB only)
Conversion between
APR and EFF
¬
N EFF APR
,
1
EFF
N
(( + 1) –1) N 100
100
Error
EFF ≤ –100
¬
N APR EFF
,
APR
N
N
(( + 1) –1) 100
100
Error
APR
≤ –100
N
Day and date calculations
In day and date calculations, this calculator
conforms to rules set up in the book titled Stan-
dard Securities Calculation Methods, by Jan
Mayle, Securities Industry Association, 1993.
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