HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP 6S manual

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    1 HP 6S Scientific Calculator H English.PM6 3/3/99, 3:45 PM 1[...]

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    2 NOTICE This manual and any examples contained herein are provided as is and are subject to change without notice. Except to the extent prohibited by law , Hewlett-Packard Company makes no express or implied warranty of any kind with regard to this manual and specifically disclaims the implied warranties and conditions of merchantability and fitne[...]

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    3 Contents 1. Keyboard 5 General keys 5 Memory keys 5 Special keys 5 Base-n keys 5 Function keys 6 Statistical keys 6 2. The display 7 Exponent displays 7 3. Basic functions 8 Entering numbers 8 Entering negative numbers 8 Entering exponential numbers 8 Arithmetic operator 8 Equals 8 Making corrections 9 Clearing errors 9 Fixing the number of decim[...]

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    4 6. Binary , octal and hexadecimal values 16 Binary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal conversions 16 Binary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal calculations 16 Logical operations 17 Radix complement 18 7 . Using statistics 1 9 Entering a list of data items to analyse 19 Using statistical functions on your data 19 8 . Specifications 2 0 9 . Changing the battery 2 1 [...]

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    5 1. Keyboard General keys Key Functions Page 0 to 9 : . Data entry 8 +-* Basic calculation 8 d= ¡ Reset the calculator 9 and clear the memory Ô Clear/clear error 9 Ó Change sign 8 Memory keys Key Functions Page r Retrieve data from the 11 independent memory ´ Store display data in 11 memory ³ Exchange of display data 11 and contents of memory[...]

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    6 Function keys K e y Functions Page s Sine 13 c Cosine 13 t T angent 13 S Arc sine 13 ¨ Arc cosine 13 T Arc tangent 13 ª Hyperbolic 14 L Common logarithm 14 Û Common antilogarithm 14 È Natural logarithm 14 Ð Natural antilogarithm 14  Square root 14 º Square 14 ˬ Fraction 12 Ý Cube root 14 Ç Reciprocal 12 Æ Factorial 14 K e y Function[...]

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    7 2. The display INV HYP BIN OCT HE X M E 1 2 . 5 4 3 Mantissa LCD Diagram The display shows input data, interim results and answers to calculations. The mantissa section displays up to 10 digits. The exponent section displays up to ± 99. Display Meaning Page -E- Indicates an error 9 INV I has been pressed to enable inverse key functions 9 M Indic[...]

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    8 3. Basic functions Entering numbers 123 etc . Entering negative numbers Ó Press after a number to make it negative. 5.08Ó -5.08 Entering exponential numbers ¹ Press to enter an exponential number . 3.08×10 9 3.08¹9 3.08 09 Arithmetic operator +-* dÉ 4*d+-+5 9. Equals = Press to complete your calculation and display a result. If you press = [...]

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    9 Making corrections Õ Press to delete the last number entered. Ô Press to remove the displayed value, but retain the calculation being performed. Press after the arithmetic operator to cancel the entire calculation. 5+5+5+6Ô5= 20. 5+5+5+Ô= 0. Clearing errors Ô Press to clear an error (indicated by -E- in the display)eg, an overflow e[...]

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    10 4. Calculations Precision The HP 6S scientific calculator calculates answers to 12-digit accuracy , but rounds answers to 10 digits in the display . When it performs a calculation using the result of a previous calculation, it uses the s to red 12-digit value and not the 10-digit value displayed. Order of operations The HP 6S scientific calculat[...]

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    11 Re-using arithmetic operations ++ or ** etc 3+2.3 3++2.3= 5.3 6+2.3 6= 8.3 9+2.3 9= 11 . 3 4(3×6) 4**(3*6= 72. -5(3×6) 5Ó= -90. Using memory ´ m r ³ Ô ¡ f e Fraction arithmetic Ë Press to enter fractions. Press Ë after = to display the fraction as a decimal. In the display , a fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when you press a fun[...]

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    12 (1.5×10 7 )  [(2.5×10 6 ) × 3 / 100 ] = 1.5¹7-2.5¹6*3Ë100= 149250000. 3 456 / 78 = 8 11 / 13 3Ë456Ë78 3 Ö 456 × 78. = 8 Ö 11 × 13. I¬ Press these keys to switch between proper and improper fractions. 8 11 / 13 = 11 5 / 13 8 Ö 11 × 13. I¬ 11 5 × 13. I¬ 8 Ö 11 × 13. The answer to a calculation involving both fractions and de[...]

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    13 √ 2 5. Other functions Converting minutes and seconds to decimal format Ø Press to convert minutes and seconds (sexagesimal figure) to decimal format. When you enter the sexagesimal figure, enter the degrees to the left of the decimal point, and minutes and seconds to the rightthe first and second digits to the left of decimal point are mi[...]

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    14 Hyperbolic functions sinh 3.6 = 3.6ªs 18.28545536 tanh 2.5 = 2.5ªt 0.986614298 cosh 1.5  sinh 1.5 = 1.5´ªc- M 2.352409615 rªs= M 0.22313016 sinh 1 30 = 30IªS 4.094622224 solve tanh 4x = 0.88 x = tan 1 = .88IªTd4= 0.343941914 Logarithmic functions log 1.23 (=log 10 1.23) = 1.23L 0.0899051 1 1 solve 4 x = 64 log 64 x = log 4 64Ld4L[...]

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    15 Miscellaneous functions 1.234 + 1.234 = I¼21.234+ 1.23 1.234= 2.47 I¼. 2.468 1 ÷ 3 + 1 ÷ 3 = I¼21d3+ 0.33 I½ 3.33-01 1d3= 6.67-01 I» 0.67 I¼. 0.666666666 123m x 456m = 56088m 123*456= 56088. = 56.088km I¾ 56.088 03 7.8g ÷ 96 = 0.08125g 7.8d96= 0.08125 = 81.25mg I¾ 81.25 - 03 Polar to rect angular coordinates conversions Formula: x = r[...]

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    16 Binary/oct al/decimal/hexadecimal conversions Conversion of 22 10 to binary . 22M¥ BIN 101 10. Conversion of 22 10 to octal. M§ OCT 26. Conversion of 513 10 to binary . 513M¥ E BIN 0. Conversion to binary mode generates an error if the result is greater than 10 digits. Conversion of 7FFFFFFF 16 to decimal. M¦7FFFFFFFM¤ 2147483647. Conversio[...]

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    17 7654 8 ÷ 12 10 = 334.33 .10 M§7654dM¤12= 334.3333333 = 516 8 M§ OCT 516. Fractional part s of calculation results are truncated. 11 0 2 +456 8 x78 10 ÷1A 16 M¥110+M§456* =390 16 M¤78dM¦1A= HEX 390. =912 10 M¤ 912. Multiplication and division are given priority over addition and subtraction in mixed calculations. BC 16 x (14 10 + 69 [...]

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    18 19 16 AND 1A 16 = 18 16 M¦19&1A= HEX 18. 120 16 OR 1 101 2 = 12D 16 M¦1 20oM¥1101= BIN 100101 101 . M¦ HEX 12d. 5 16 XOR 3 16 = 6 16 M¦5X3= HEX 6. 2A 16 XNOR 5D 16 = FFFFFFFF88 16 M¦2AX5D= HEX FFFFFFFF88 . 1A 16 AND 2F 16 = A 16 M¦1A&&2F= HEX A. NOT of 1010 2 M¥10110Ì BIN 1 1 1 1 101001 . Radix complement IN Press to calcula[...]

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    19 7. Using st atistics M¿ Press to use statistics mode. Statistics mode allows you to enter data and apply the statistics functions to analyse the data. Entering a list of dat a items to analyse À Press after each data element. When you press À , the calculator displays the number of data elements entered. For example, to enter a list of data c[...]

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    20 8. Specifications Scientific functions/input range sinx / cosx / tanx |x|<4.5x10 10 degrees (<25x10 7 π rad,<5x10 10 grad sin -1 x / cos -1 x |x| ≥ 1 tan -1 x |x|<10 100 sinhx / coshx |x| ≥ 230.2585092 tanhx |x|<10 100 sinh -1 x |x|<5x10 99 cosh -1 x |x| ≥ x<5x10 99 tanh -1 x |x|<1 logx / Inx 10 -99 ≥ x<10 100[...]

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    21 Read-out • Liquid crystal display suppressing unnecessary 0s (zeros). Power source • Silicon solar cell (solar model only) • Alkaline manganese battery (LR43)1 battery for the solar model; 2 batteries for the non-solar model. Ambient T emperature range • 0 ° C40 ° C (32 ° F104 ° F). Dimensions • 127mmH x 72mmW x 8.5mmD (no[...]