</p>
<p>Example:
</p>
<pre class="example">(%i1) load(finance)$
(%i2) fv(0.12,1000,3);
(%o2)                     1404.928
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<dt><u>Function:</u> <b>pv</b><i> (<var>rate</var>, <var>FV</var>, <var>num</var>)</i>
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<dd><p>We can calculate the present value of a Future one given a certain interest
rate.  <var>rate</var> is the interest rate, <var>FV</var> is the future value and
<var>num</var> is the number of periods.
</p>
<p>Example:
</p>
<pre class="example">(