Texas Instruments TI - 40 manual

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    -1- TI ½ 40 Collège × Scientific Calculator Texas Instruments 7800 Banner Dr. Dallas, TX 75251 U.S.A. Texas Instruments Holland B.V. Rutherfordweg 102 3542 CG Utrecht - The Netherlands ¾ www.ti.com/calc  1999 Texas Instruments Incorporated General Information Examples : See the last page of these instructions for keystroke examples that demo[...]

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    -2- fPart(#) fractional part (fPart) of # . min(#1,#2) max(#1,#2) Returns the minimum (min) or maximum (max) of 2 values, #1 and #2 . lcm(#1,#2) gcd(#1,#2) Finds the least common multiple ( lcm ) or g reatest common divisor ( gcd ) of 2 integers, #1 and #2 . #3 Calculates the cube of #. 3 Ñ (#) Calculates the cube root of #. remainder (#1,#2) Retu[...]

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    -3- ¦ In 1-VAR stat mode, enter the frequency of occurrence ( FRQ ) of the data point. FRQ default=1. If FRQ=0 , the data point is ignored. ¦ In 2-VAR stat mode, enter the value for Y 1 and press < . 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all data points are entered. You must press < or $ to save the last data point or FRQ value entered. If you add [...]

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    -4- TI Product Service and Warranty Information TI Product and Services Information For more information about TI products and services, contact TI by e-mail or visit the TI calculator home page on the world-wide web. e-mail address: ti-cares@ti.com internet address: http://www.ti.com/calc Service and Warranty Information For information about the [...]

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    -5- # $ ! " 5 6 1 T 1 < 1+1 Ô 2. 2 T 2 < 2+2 Ô 4. 3 T 3 < 3+3 Ô 6. 4 T 4 < 4+4 Ô 8. ### 2+2 Ó 3 4 %"T 2 < 2+2+2 Ô 6. %i ANS 3 V 3 < 3 Q 3 Ô 9. V 3 < Ans Q 3 Ô 27. 3 %c%i< 3 x Ñ Ans Ô 3. T UV WM D E < + Q P ½ ( M ) 5 VM 12 T 45 < 5 QM 12+45 Ô M 15. Ø 10 %Y 2 < 10 Ø 2 Ô 5 0 ÄÄ Q ÄÄÄ ÄÄ [...]

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    -6- 1.648721271 e =2.71828182846 %I g = DR - Ô %I" DEG RAD < Ô RAD p g 3 F< p 3 2 Ô 9Pi. RAD 30 =<< 30 Ä Pi Ì 6 RAD TRIG %B sin sin -1 ¹ RAD Ä Å Æ < 30 = Ä Å Æ r ¹ RAD <E< sin(30 Ä ) Ô 0.5 RAD DR -%I! DEG RAD RAD Ä Å Æ < 2 g=""" Ä Å Æ r ¹ << 2 À r Ô 360. Ä Å Æ 1.5 =! ¸ 4 [...]

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    -7- 2 À Ô 3.14 FIX %‚8 À Ô 3.141592654 EE 1.234 C M 65 < 1.234 ¯ M 65 Ô 1.234 x10 M 65 %t %w v u 1-VAR : {45, 55, 55, 55} STAT %t 1 ½ VAR 2 ½ VAR ¹ DATA <v 45 < x 1 =45 Ó 45. STAT $< frq=1 Ó 1. STAT $ 55 < x 2 =55 Ó 55. STAT $ 3 < frq=3 Ó 3. STAT STAT VAR u""" n Ï Sx Î x ¹ 4.330127019 STAT <V 2 [...]