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<paragraph id="hd_id3150499" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03140012.xhp" name="SYD Function [VBA]">SYD Function [VBA]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151384" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the arithmetic-declining depreciation rate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id240720170117391741" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Cost</emph> is the initial cost of an asset.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id24072017011739895" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Salvage</emph> is the value of an asset at the end of the depreciation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id240720170117395610" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Life</emph> is the depreciation period determining the number of periods in the depreciation of the asset.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id240720170144224764" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Period</emph> is the period number for which you want to calculate the depreciation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id240720170144228912" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">REM ***** BASIC *****</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id240720170144225359" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Option VBASupport 1</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id240720170144225698" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">REM Calculate the yearly depreciation of an asset that cost $10,000 at</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id240720170144223210" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">REM the start of year 1, and has a salvage value of $1,000 after 5 years.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id240720170144227162" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim syd_yr1 As Double</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id240720170144223139" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">REM Calculate the depreciation during year 1.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id240720170144228546" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">syd_yr1 = SYD( 10000, 1000, 5, 1 )</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id240720170144221476" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">print syd_yr1 ' syd_yr1 is now equal to 3000.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id061420170153186192" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060103.xhp#bm_id3152978">SYD function in CALC</link></paragraph>
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