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>FVSCHEDULE(principal,schedule)</PRE
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>FVSCHEDULE returns the future value of given initial value after applying a series of compound periodic interest rates. The argument principal is the present value; schedule is an array of interest rates to apply. The schedule argument must be a range of cells.</P
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>Let us assume that the cells A1, A2, ..., A5 contain interest rates 0.11, 0.13, 0.09, 0.17, and 0.03.  Then</P
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>FVSCHEDULE(3000,A1:A5) equals 4942.7911611.</P
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>        <A
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