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Name: Programming with M-Files: A Personal Finance Example Using While Loops
ID: m13461
Language: English (en)
Summary: This is an example of using an m-file script to compute the number of months necessary to pay off a credit card debt using the minimum monthly payment.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Credit Card Debt, MathScript, MATLAB, M-file, Octave, Personal Finance, While Loop
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Darryl Morrell (morrell@asu.edu)
Copyright Holders: Darryl Morrell (morrell@asu.edu)
Maintainers: Darryl Morrell (morrell@asu.edu)
Version: 1.4 (history)
Created: Feb 27, 2006 3:34 pm US/Central
Revised: Aug 22, 2006 1:19 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.4 Aug 22, 2006 1:19 pm GMT-5 by Darryl Morrell
Changes: 
Changed MATLAB to M-File
Version: 1.3 Aug 21, 2006 4:12 pm GMT-5 by Darryl Morrell
Changes: 
Fixed MathML subscripts
Version: 1.2 Feb 28, 2006 6:09 pm US/Central by Darryl Morrell
Changes: 
Added solutions to Exercises 1, 2, and 3
Version: 1.1 Feb 27, 2006 8:52 pm US/Central by Darryl Morrell
Changes: 
Initial Version

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