HP HP-18C User manual

HEW

LET

T-PAC

HP-18C

Business

Consultant

Owner's Manual

HP·18C

Business Consultant

Owner's Manual

FliU-

HEWLETT

PACKARD

Edition

1 April 1986

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00018-90001

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Contents

List of Examples

How

to Use This Manual

Starting to

Use

the HP-18C

Installing

the

Batteries

Turning

the

HP-18C

and

Off

Setting

the

Display

Contrast

Using

the

Display

Using

the

Keyboard

The

. Key

The

IINPUT IKey

Doing

Arithmetic

Negative

numbers

Using a Result

Another

Calculation

Editing

and

Clearing

the

Calculator Line

The

History Stack

Clearing

the

Display

Using

the

Alphabetic

Keys

Using

the

Keys

The

MAIN

Changing

Menus

and

Reading

Maps

Doing Calculations Using

Menus

Making

a Graceful I

EXIT

Clearing

the

Display

and

Variables

When

the

HP-18C

Doesn

Understand

What

You

Want

Custom

Menus

How

to Use

and

Reuse Calculator

Memory

Contents

Arithmetic

Introduction

Using

the

Calculator Line

Simple Arithmetic

Chain

Calculations

Percent

Other

Keyboard Arithmetic

Using Parentheses

Calculations

Recalling

Numbers

the

Calculator Line

Using

the

History Stack

The

LAST I Key

Using Registers

Doing Arithmetic Inside Registers

The MATH

Functions

Changing

the

Number

Displayed Decimal

Places

Interchanging

the

Period

and

Comma

Numbers

Scientific

Notation

General Business Calculations

Introduction

Percent

Change

Percent of Total

Markup

Cost

Markup

Price

Clearing

the

BUS Variables

Sharing Variables Between

Menus

100

Time Value of Money

Introduction

The

TVM

Cash

Flow Diagrams

and

Signs of

Numbers

TVM Calculations

Clearing

the

TVM Variables

Loan Calculations

Amortization

Savings Calculations

Leasing Calculations

Interest Rate Conversions

Clearing

the

ICONV variables

Cash Flow Calculations

Introduction

The

CFLO

Using

Number

Lists

Cash

Flow Diagrams

and

Signs

Numbers

Entering

Cash

Flows

Viewing

and

Editing

the

List

Cash

Flow Calculations

Running Total and Statistics Calculations

Introduction

The

SUM

Using

Number

Lists

Entering

Numbers

and

Viewing

the

Running

Total

Viewing

and

Editing

the

List

Statistics Calculations With SUM Lists

103

Curve

Fitting

and

Forecasting

Contents

109

110

111

112

114

115

116

118

119

121

122

124

125

126

Contents

Working With Number Lists

Introduction

How

Number

Lists are

Stored

Inserting

Number

Into

a List

Deleting a

Number

From a List

Copying

a List

Number

the

Calculator Line

Creating

New

Number

Lists

Naming

and

Renaming

Number

Lists

Viewing

the

List

Name

Switching

Number

Lists

(GET)

Clearing a

Number

List

Time, Alarms, and Date Arithmetic

Introduction

Viewing

the

Time

and

Date

Setting

the

Time

and

Date

Changing

the

Time

and

Date Formats

Adjusting

the

Clock

Setting

Alarms

Viewing

and

Setting

Alarm

Editing

Alarm

Settings

Acknowledging

Alarm

Unacknowledged

Alarms

Clearing Alarms

Date Arithmetic

Determining

the

Day

the

Week for

Any

Date

Calculating

the

Number

Days Between Dates

Determining

Past

Future Dates

Clearing

the

Date

Arithmetic Variables

127

129

130

131

132

133

134

135

136

137

138

141

144

148

151

152

153

154

156

The Formula Solver

Introduction

The

Formula List

The

SOLVE

Entering Formulas

Calculations With

Custom

Menus

Clearing User-Variables

Viewing Long Formulas

Editing a Formula

Naming

a Formula

Shared

User-Variables

Deleting

the

Current

Formula

and/or

Its User-

Variables

Deleting All Formulas

and/or

Their User-Variables

Summary

Clear

and

Delete

Operations

How

the

Solver Works

Halting

and

Restarting a Numerical Search

Entering Guesses

Writing Formulas

that

the

Solver

Understands

Solver Functions

Conditional

Expressions

Printing

Introduction

Printing

Modes

The

Annunciator

Trace

Mode

Manual

Mode

Printing

Values Stored

and

Calculated Using

Menus

Printing

Descriptive Notes

Printing

Amortization

Table

Contents

Appendixes &

Index

159

161

162

163

164

165

166

167

168

169

170

171

172

173

178

179

180

181

182

183

Contents

Appendix

Customer Support, Warranty, and

Service

Obtaining

Help

Operating

the

Calculator

Answers to

Common

Questions

Limited One-Year Warranty

What

Will

What

Not

Covered

Warranty for

Consumer

Transactions

the

United Kingdom

Obligation to Make

Changes

Warranty

Information

Determining

the

Calculator Requires Service

Confirming

Calculator

Operation-the

Self-Test

the

Calculator Requires Service

Obtaining

Service in

the

United States

Obtaining

Service in Europe

International

Service

Information

Shipping

Instructions

Service Agreements

Service

Charge

Warranty

Service

Appendix

About

HP-18C

Calculations

IRR% Calculations

Possible

Outcomes

Calculating IRR%

Halting

and

Restarting

the

IRR% Calculation

Storing a Guess for IRR%

Solver Calculations

Direct Solutions

Numerical Solutions

Formulas

Used

HP-18C

Menus

Actuarial Functions

General Business

Time Value of

Money

Amortization

Interest Rate Conversions

Cash

Flow Calculations

Sum

and

Statistics

Forecasting

Table of contents

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