Business Problems 63
2. Find the percent change between 20 and 35 with no compounding.
NOTE: although the example in Table 10-2 calls for no compounding, you may specify the
number of compounding periods used in calculations with the
Nb Period
item in the
%Change
sub-menu.
Nb Period
is the number of compounding periods used in calculations
between the old value and new value. The default is
1
, but to change the setting, key in a
number with
Nb Period
displayed, followed by
I
.
After calculating the example above with no compounding, say, for example, you wish to
calculate the percent change over six compounding periods:
Table 10-2 Percent Change Example
Keys
Display
Description
:#
Opens the %Calc menu.
<<<
Scrolls to
%Change
.
I
Opens the %Change sub-menu.
20I
Inputs
20
for
Old
.
<35
I
Inputs
35
for
New
.
<=
Calculates the current value of
%Change
for the given data.
