HP 12C Platinum User Manual page 68

68 Section 3: Basic Financial Functions
Keystrokes
(ALG mode)
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gÒ
z30+
42n
3950$
120ÞP
¼
§12}
Before leaving this Odd-Period mode example, you may now press ?Æ to
turn the C annunciator off, if needed. Note that when the calculator is not in
Odd-Period mode, the status of the C annunciator actually has no effect on
calculator operation. You will find another use of Odd-Period mode and
?Æ in Section 16 of this manual, where the C must be set before the two
Bond programs will work correctly.
Display
Keys in the date of the beginning of
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the first period.
Actual number of odd days.
13.00
Divides by the length of a monthly
0.43
period to get the fractional part of n.
Adds the fractional part of n to the
42.43
number of complete payment
periods, then stores the result in n.
Stores PV.
3,950.00
Stores PMT (with minus sign for cash
–120.00
paid out).
Periodic (monthly) interest rate.
1.16
Annual percentage rate (APR).
13.95