BA II Plus Calculator Manual

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Resetting the Percent Change/Compound Interest

Worksheet Variables

• To reset the Percent Change/Compound Interest variables to default

values, press & z while in the Percent Change/Compound

Interest worksheet.

• To reset default values for all calculator variables and formats, press

& } !.

Entering Values

• For percent-change calculations, enter values for any two of the

three variables (OLD, NEW, and %CH) and compute a value for the

unknown variable (leave

#PD=1). A positive percent change

represents a percentage increase; a negative percent change

represents a percentage decrease.

• For compound-interest calculations, enter values for the three

known variables and compute a value for the unknown fourth

variable.

– OLD= present value

– NEW= future value

–

%CH= interest rate per period

– #PD= number of periods

• For cost-sell-markup calculations, enter values for two of the three

variables (OLD, NEW, and %CH) and compute a value for the

unknown.

– OLD = cost

–

NEW= selling price

– %CH= percent markup

– #PD= 1

Computing Values

1. To select the Percent Change/Compound Interest worksheet, press

& q. The current value for OLD is displayed.

2. To clear the worksheet, press & z.

Variable Default Variable Default

OLD

%CH

NEW

#PD