TI-84 Plus and TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Guidebook

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Defining the Payment Method

Pmt_End

and

Pmt_Bgn

(menu items

E

and

F

) specify a transaction as an ordinary annuity or an annuity due. When you execute either command, the TVM Solver is updated.

Pmt_End

Pmt_End

(payment end) specifies an ordinary annuity, where payments occur at the end of each payment period. Most loans are in this category.

Pmt_End

is the default.

Pmt_End

On the TVM Solver’s

PMT:END BEGIN

line, select

END

to set

PMT

to ordinary annuity.

Pmt_Bgn

Pmt_Bgn

(payment beginning) specifies an annuity due, where payments occur at the beginning of each payment period. Most leases are in this category.

Pmt_Bgn

On the TVM Solver’s

PMT:END BEGIN

line, select

BEGIN

to set

PMT

to annuity due.

Using the TVM Variables

FINANCE VARS Menu

To display the

FINANCE VARS

menu, press [APPS] [ENTER] [right key]. You can use

TVM

variables in

TVM

functions and store values to them on the home screen.

CALC VARS

1: N

2: I%

3: PV

4: PMT

5: FV

6: P/Y

Total number of payment periods

Annual interest rate

Present value

Payment amount

Future value

Number of payment periods per year

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