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  Press 2 (CMPD) from the Financial 1 screen to display the following input screen for 
compound interest.
  
  2 (CMPD)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   n  .................................. number of compound periods
   
I %  ................................ annual interest rate
   
PV  ............................... present value (loan amount in case of loan; principal in case 
of savings)
   
PMT  ............................ payment for each installment (payment in case of loan; 
deposit in case of savings)
   
FV  ............................... future value (unpaid balance in case of loan; principal plus 
interest in case of savings)
   
P / Y   .............................. installment periods per year
   
C / Y  .............................. compounding periods per year
  
  Important!
  Inputting Values
  A period ( 
n ) is expressed as a positive value. Either the present value ( PV ) or future value 
( 
FV ) is positive, while the other ( PV  or  FV ) is negative.
  
  Precision
   This calculator performs interest calculations using Newton’s Method, which produces 
approximate values whose precision can be affected by various calculation conditions. 
Because of this, interest calculation results produced by this calculator should be used 
keeping the above limitation in mind or the results should be verifi ed.
  
7-3-3
Compound Interest