Making Financial Calculations Easy 13
6% annually, compounded monthly. What payment amount would be required in 
order to accumulate $10,925.75 in the 14 years remaining?
Example 4: Suppose you cannot find a bank that currently offers an account 
with 6% annual interest compounded monthly, but you can afford to make 
$45.00 monthly payments. What is the minimum interest rate that will enable 
you to accumulate the required amount?
In this problem, we do not need to clear the previous financial data inside the 
calculator, since most of it is unchanged from the preceding example.
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Keystrokes Display
fCLEARG 
10,470.85
Clears previous financial data 
inside the calculator.
14gA
168.00
Calculates and stores the number of 
compounding periods.
6gC
0.50
Calculates and stores the periodic 
interest rate.
10925.76M
10.925.76
Stores the future value required.
gÂ
10.925.76
Sets payment mode to End.
P
–41.65
Monthly payment required.
Keystrokes Display
45ÞP
–45.00
Stores payment amount.
¼
0.42
Periodic interest rate.
12§
5.01
Annual interest rate.