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>NPV&nbsp;--&nbsp;</DIV
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>NPV(rate,v1,v2,...)</PRE
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>NPV calculates the net present value of an investment generating peridic payments.  @rate is the periodic interest rate and @v1, @v2, ... are the periodic payments.  If the schedule of the cash flows are not periodic use the XNPV function. </P
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>NPV(0.17,-10000,3340,2941,2493,3233,1732,2932) equals 186.30673.</P
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>        <A
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,         <A
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