Keys:
Display:
96.7940
Description:
96.704
| ENTER 1
52.3947 0
149.0987
52.3947
Intermediate
result.
HI
LASTx l
Brings back display
from before
0.
0
2.8457
Final
result.
Example.
Two
close
stellar neighbors of Earth are
Rigel
Centaurus
(4.3
light-years away) and Sirius (8.7 light-years
away).
Use c, the
speed
of light
(9.5
x
1015
meters
per
year)
to
convert
the
distances
from
the
Earth
to
these
stars
into
meters.
to
Rigel
Centaurus
=
4.3
yr.
x
(9.5
x
1015
m/yr.)
to
Sirius
= 8.7
yr.
x
(9.5
x
1015
m/yr.)
Keys:
Display:
4.3080
Description:
4.3
1ENTER |
Light-years to R.
Centaurus.
9.5 0 15
9.5E15.
Speed of light, c.
0
4.085E16
9.5O00E15
Distance
to
R.
Centaurus.
8.7
til
LASTx
|
Retrieves
c.
0
8.2650E16
Distance
to
Sirius.
Chain
Calculations
The automatic lifting and dropping of the stack's contents let you re
tain intermediate results without storing or reentering them,
and
without using parentheses. This is an advantage the RPN stack has
over other data-handling methods.
44
2:
The
Automatic
Memory
Stack
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