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TERM Function

Syntax

Output_String as C = term(N Principal ,N Payment ,N Interest )

Arguments

Principal

The amount of a loan. Numeric

Payment

The amount of a payment per time unit. Numeric

Interest

The interest rate (e.g. .06) per time unit. Numeric

Description

Computes the term of a loan.

Discussion

TERM() returns the number of time units required to repay a loan.

Example

term(10000, 1000, .06) ? 15.725209
term(10000, 1000, .07) ? 17.794810

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