Calculator calculated (solving for FV)
5 N, 10 I/YR, -2000 PMT, FV= 10,168.06
But the answer should be 12,210.20
Help? :(
This is happening because your calculator is converting the 10% interest figure into a monthly amount (ie 0.833333%), but it isn't changing the number of periods or the periodic payment into monthly equivalents. In both cases, it is assuming that payments are made at the end of each period.
So the figure of 10,168.06 is arrived at as follows:
end of period 1: 2,000.00
end of period 2: 2,000 x 1.00833333 + 2,000 = 4,016.67
end of period 3: 4,016.67 x 1.00833333 + 2,000 = 6,050.14
end of period 4: 6,050.14 x 1.00833333 + 2,000 = 8,100.56
end of period 5: 8,100.56 x 1.00833333 + 2,000 = 10,168.06
whereas the figure of 12,210.20 is arrived at as follows:
end of period 1: 2,000.00
end of period 2: 2,000 x 1.1 + 2,000 = 4,200.00
end of period 3: 4,200 x 1.1 + 2,000 = 6,620.00
end of period 4: 6,620 x 1.1 + 2,000 = 9,282.00
end of period 5: 9,282 x 1.1 + 2,000 = 12,210.20
You will need to find out from your user manual how to stop this from happening, so that all the numbers remain as annual figures. It will involve setting the number of payments per year [P/YR] to 1 instead of 12.
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