Difference between revisions of "Rate Command"
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:{{example| 1=<div><code><nowiki>Rate[5*12, -300, 10000]</nowiki></code> yields a monthly rate of 0.02 (2%). </div> {{note|1=If you make monthly payments on a five-year loan use 5*12 for <code><nowiki><Number of Periods></nowiki></code>.}}}} | :{{example| 1=<div><code><nowiki>Rate[5*12, -300, 10000]</nowiki></code> yields a monthly rate of 0.02 (2%). </div> {{note|1=If you make monthly payments on a five-year loan use 5*12 for <code><nowiki><Number of Periods></nowiki></code>.}}}} | ||
{{note|1=For all arguments, cash paid out is represented by negative numbers and cash received by positive numbers..}} | {{note|1=For all arguments, cash paid out is represented by negative numbers and cash received by positive numbers..}} | ||
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+ | {{note| 1=See also [[Payment Command|Payment]], [[Periods Command|Periods]], [[PresentValue Command|Present Value]] and [[FutureValue Command|Future Value]] commands.}} |
Revision as of 10:51, 13 August 2014
This page is about a feature that is supported only in GeoGebra 5.0. |
- Rate[ <Number of Periods>, <Payment>, <Present Value>, <Future Value (optional)>, <Type (optional)>, <Guess (optional)> ]
- Returns the interest rate per period of an annuity.
- <Number of Periods> Total number of payments for the loan.
- <Payment> The amount paid in each period.
- <Present Value> Total amount that a series of future payments is worth now.
- <Future Value (optional)> A cash balance you want to attain after the last payment. If you do not enter a future value, it is assumed to be 0.
- <Type (optional)> Indicates when payments are due. If you do not enter a value or you enter 0 the payment is due at the end of the period and if you enter 1 at the beginning.
- <Guess (optional)> Your guess for what the rate will be.
- Example:
Rate[5*12, -300, 10000]
yields a monthly rate of 0.02 (2%).Note: If you make monthly payments on a five-year loan use 5*12 for<Number of Periods>
.
Note: For all arguments, cash paid out is represented by negative numbers and cash received by positive numbers..
Note: See also Payment, Periods, Present Value and Future Value commands.