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Cash Flow
15-4 Cash Flow
Cash Flow lets you calculate the value of money paid out or received in varying amounts
over time.
Cash Flow Fields
The following fields appear on the Cash Flow calculation page.
Field Description
Cash List of income or expenses (up to 80 entries)
I
% Annual interest rate (as a percent)
NPV Net present value
IRR Interest rate of return
PBP Payback period
NFV Net future value
Inputting Cash Flow Values
Cash flow calculations require that you input a list of cash flow values for multiple periods.
The following shows the cash flow values used in the examples of this section, and the
procedure you should use to input them.
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Cash Flow Values
Period Cash Flow
0 0
1 100
2 200
3 300
4 400
5 500
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To input cash flow values from the Cash Flow calculation page
(1) On the Financial application toolbar, tap
(
.
• This will open the Stat Editor window in the lower half of the display.
• The
(
icon shares the same location on the toolbar as the
Q
icon. If you see the
Q
icon, tap the down arrow button to the right of it and then tap
(
on the menu
that appears.
(2) In cells 1 through 6 under “list1”, input the cash flow values.
(3) Tap the “Cash” field (which currently shows “<empty>”).