SOLVING ENGINEERING ECONOMICS PROBLEMS[ANNUITY]
WITH CALCULATOR TECHNIQUES
N. Tabanao
Email:heartfiglia143@gmail.com
May 2018
Calculators Used:
Casio Fx-115 ES PLUS
Casio Fx-570 ES PLUS
Casio Fx-991 ES PLUS
Annuity
Annuity is a series of uniform payments made at equal intervals of
time.
Elements of annuity
A= payment [periodic]
P= present worth of all periodic payments
F= future worth of all periodic payments
i= rate
n= number of interest periods
SYMBOL BOOK FORMULA Calculator Trick
P=A(P/A,i,n) [1 1 i ] ---1.1
n n
P A 1 i
x
PA
i 1
F=A(F/A,i,n) [1 i 1]
n n 1
F A 1 i ---1.2
x
FA
i 0
Disclaimer: Problems presented taken from the internet.
Example 1
A man purchased on monthly installment a PhP 100,000 worth of
land. The interest rate is 12% nominal and payable in 20 years. What
is the monthly amortization?
12%
i ; n=12(20); P=PhP 100,00
12
FROM 1.1
n
P A 1 i
x
1
P 100000
A = PhP 1101.09
1 i
n
x 12 ( 20 ) 12% x
1
1 12
1
Example 2
What is the accumulated amount of five year annuity paying PhP
6,000 at the end of each year? Interest at 15% compounded annually.
i=15%; n=5; A=PhP 6K
FROM 1.2
n 1
F A 1 i
x
5 1
F 6000 1 15% = PhP 40,454.29
x
I will appreciate any suggestion and will welcome any errors
pointed out.