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Function
Description
SIN (cost;salvage,h'fe)
SYD (cost, salvage,
h'fe,
perfod)
TERM
(payments,
interesg future
value)
Straight-line
depreciation.
Cost is the initial cost of the asset. Sa/vaooe is the
value of the asset at the end of the time period. Life is the useful life of the asset,
the number
of time periods
the asset is being depreciated.
Accelerated
depredation
of an asset, using the sum of yem"s digits method.
Cost is the initial cost of the asset. Salt_oe
is the value of the asset at the end of
the time period. Iafe is the useful life of the asset, the number of time periods
the asset is being depreciated. Penbd is the period to analyze.
Required
number
of terms
or payment
periods
to reach a future value.
Payments
are made at the end of each term and earn a constant interest rate.
Payments
is the amount of the periodic
payments. Interest is the interest rate for
the investment
per time period. Future_value
is the value of the annuity at the
end of the investment
period. Be careful to enter the interest rate for the same
time pen'od as the term.
Information
Functions
The information functions return information
about a cell or a range of cells.
Function
cI oosE
_ valuel,
value2,._.)
Descd_ion
Returns
the n th value
in the list of arguments,
where
the first value
is 0 and index
indicate&_ the n th valu_:_Valt_e
carrbe
flor_
0 to n-1. You can use as many
v_tues
as
you want.
lnde:_
and values
can be numbers,
cell references,
defined
names,
formulas,
functions,
or text. For example,
if the values
are the
months
of the year
and
the index
is 5, then
CHOOSE
returns
May. This
function
returns
an error
if your
index
is less than
zero or greater
than
the number
of values.
COLS
(range)
Returns the number
of columms
in a range.
COUNT
(valuel,
The number of arguments, that is, the number
of nonblank
cells in a range. Values
value2,...)
can be numbers,
null, logical values, and dates. The arguments can only be a
comma-separated
list.
ERR 0
Causes the formula to return the #ERROR# message.
Particularly useful with IF
functions to say: if the condition
is false, then return #ERROR#. You must include the
empty parentheses.
Appendix
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