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44  Section 3: Basic Financial Functions 
 
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Financial Calculations and the Cash Flow Diagram 
The concepts and examples presented in this section are representative of a wide 
range of financial calculations. If your specific problem does not appear to be 
illustrated in the pages that follow, don’t assume that the calculator is not capable 
of solving it. Every financial calculation involves certain basic elements; but the 
terminology used to refer to these elements typically differs among the various 
segments of the business and financial communities. All you need to do is identify 
the basic elements in your problem, and then structure the problem so that it will 
be readily apparent what quantities you need to tell the calculator and what 
quantity you want to solve for. 
An invaluable aid for using your calculator in a financial calculation is the cash 
flow diagram
. This is simply a pictorial representation of the timing and direction 
of financial transactions, labeled in terms that correspond to keys on the calculator. 
The diagram begins with a horizontal line, called a time line. It represents the 
duration of a financial problem, and is divided into compounding periods. For 
example, a financial problem that transpires over 6 months with monthly 
compounding would be diagrammed like this: 
 
The exchange of money in a problem is depicted by vertical arrows. Money you 
receive is represented by an arrow pointing up from the point in the time line when 
the transaction occurs; money you pay out is represented by an arrow pointing 
down. 
 
Suppose you deposited (paid out) $1,000 into an account that pays 6% annual 
interest and is compounded monthly, and you subsequently deposited an 
additional $50 at the end of each month for the next 2 years. The cash flow 
diagram describing the problem would look like this: