note 96762 added to ref.math

From: Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:57:28 +0000
Subject: note 96762 added to ref.math
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Here are some functions to determine the loan amount, payment amount, number of payments, and interest rate on a mortgage when 3 of the 4 variables are know. function find_amount($num_payments,$payment,$int_rate) { $int = $int_rate/1200; $int1 = 1+$int; $r1 = pow($int1, $num_payments); $amount= $payment*($r1-1)/($int*$r1); $amount= number_format($loan, 2, '.', ''); return $amount; } function find_num_payments($amount,$payment,$int_rate) { int = $int_rate/1200; $num_payments = -log(1-($int*($amount/$payment)))/log(1+($int)); $num_payments = round($num_payments); return $num_payments; } function find_int_rate($amount,$num_payments,$payment) { $min_rate = 0; $max_rate = 100; while ($min_rate < $max_rate - 0.0001) { $mid_rate = ($min_rate + $max_rate) / 2; // Divide by 2 to find midpoint $int = $mid_rate/1200; $int1 = 1+$int; $r1 = pow($int1, $num_payments); $guessed_pmt = $amount*($int*$r1)/($r1-1); if ($guessed_pmt > $payment) { $max_rate = $mid_rate; // current rate is new maximum }else{ $min_rate = $mid_rate; // current rate is new minimum } } $int_rate = number_format($mid_rate, 2, '.', ''); return $int_rate } function find_payment($amount,$num_payments,$int_rate) { $int = $int_rate/1200; $int1 = 1+$int; $r1 = pow($int1, $num_payments); $payment = $loan*($int*$r1)/($r1-1); $payment = number_format($payment, 2, '.', ''); return $payment; } ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 71.191.83.128 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.math.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/96762 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96762/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96762/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96762/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96762/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96762/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96762/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96762 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/96762 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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