4: Currency Exchange Calculation
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Table 4–1. The CURRX Menu
Menu Key
Description
Curr1 Current
currency#1
;stores or calculates the number of units
of this currency
Curr2 Currency
currency#2
;stores or calculates the number of
units of this currency
7
#
Stores or calculates the exchange rate between the two
current currencies. The rate is expressed as the number of
units of
currency #2
equivalent to 1 unit of
currency #1
.
8
Stores the current
currency #1
,
currency #2
, and RATE.
9
Recalls a previously stored pair of currencies and RATE.
:
Selects a new set of currencies.
Selecting a Set of Currencies
To select a pair of currencies:
1.
Press
:
to display the menu of currencies. Press more, if
necessary, to see additional currencies ( see table 4–2 ).
2.
Press a menu key to select
currency #1
.
3.
Press a menu key to select
currency #2
. RATE is automatically reset to
1.0000.
4.
Enter an exchange rate. There are two ways enter the RATE :
!
Calculate
the rate from a known equivalency (see the
example ”Calculating an Exchange Rate,” page 57.). Calculating an
exchange rate is usually the easier way to enter a correct rate, since
the order in which you selected the two currencies doesn’t mater.
!
Store
the exchange rate by keying in the value and pressing
7
(see “Storing an Exchange Rate” on page 58).
