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Section 15: 
Savings....................................................................217
 
Nominal Rate Converted to Effective Rate...................................... 217
 
Effective Rate Converted to Nominal Rate...................................... 219
 
Continuous Rate Converted to Effective Rate...................................220
 
Section 16: 
Bonds......................................................................221
 
30/360 Day Basis Bonds ........................................................... 221
 
Annual Coupon Bonds................................................................226
 
Appendices .......................................................................231 
Appendix A:  RPN and the Stack ........................................232 
Getting Numbers Into the Stack: The   Key..............................233
 
Termination of Digit Entry .....................................................234
 
Stack Lift.............................................................................234
 
Rearranging Numbers in the Stack ...............................................234
 
The   Key.....................................................................234
 
The   Key.......................................................................235
 
One-Number Functions and the Stack ...........................................235
 
Two-Number Functions and the Stack............................................235
 
Mathematics Functions .........................................................236
 
Percentage Functions............................................................236
 
Calendar and Financial Functions.................................................237
 
The LAST X Register and the   Key .........................................238
 
Chain Calculations in RPN Mode.................................................239
 
Arithmetic Calculations with Constants ..........................................240
 
Appendix B:  Algebraic Mode (ALG).................................. 242 
Simple Arithmetic Calculations in ALG Mode .................................242
 
Keying in Negative Numbers ( ) .............................................243
 
Chain Calculations in ALG Mode .................................................243
 
The    Key in ALG Mode .......................................................244
 
The History Stack in ALG Mode....................................................244
 
Parentheses Calculations .............................................................245
 
Percentage Functions...................................................................246
 
Percent Difference................................................................246
 
Percent of Total....................................................................247
 
The Power Function.....................................................................247
 
Appendix C:  More About L.......................................... 248 
Appendix D:  Error Conditions........................................... 250 
Error 0: Mathematics ..................................................................250
 
Error 1: Storage Register Overflow................................................ 251