/*
**			determine payment if balance and rate and term is known


*amount = starting balance
*balance = remaining balance
*rate = interest rate per period
*rate1 = interest rate per year
*payment = monthly payment
*principal = payment to principle
*interest = payment of interest per period
*number = number of payments
  
*   payment=Balance/((1-(1+rate)^-Number)/rate)
*/

	float amount;	/*  declare external veriables   */
	float rate;
	float payment;
	float rate1;

#include "math.h"	/*    include declaration for pow()	*/
	pymt()	
{
	float number;	

	printf("How many payments ? ");
	scanf("%f",&number);


	payment = amount / ((1 - pow((1. + rate),-number))/rate);


}
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