HP 15c User Manual

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Section 1: Using

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To calculate NPV, enter periodic interest rate i in percent and press A. Repeat
for as many interest rates as needed.

7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for other sets of cash flows.

Example: An investor pays $80,000 for a duplex that he intends to sell after 7 years. He
must spend some money the first year for repairs. At the end of the seventh year the duplex is
sold for $91,000. Will he achieve a desired 9% after-tax yield with the following after-tax
cash flows?

Keystrokes

Display

Run mode.

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5

´m%

5.00

Reserve registers R

0

through

R

5

.

6

v2

2

´mC

2.00

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2.00

´U

2.00

80000

”OC

-80,000.00

Initial investment.

1

OC

1.00

600

”OC

-600.00

1

OC

1.00

6500

OC

6,500.00

1

OC

1.00

8000

OC

8,000.00

2

OC

2.00

7500

OC

7,500.00

2

OC

2.00

91000

OC

91,000.00

1

OC

1.00

9

9

Enters assumed yield.

A

-4,108.06

NPV.

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