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Chapter 2: Operating the Graphing Calculator
SETUP Menu Items
DRG: Fortrigonometriccalculationsandcoordinateconversions,
variousangleunitscanbeselected:Pleasemakesuretousethe
appropriate angle unit when making trigonometric calculations (e.g.
sin, cos).
Deg Anglevaluestobesetindegrees.(360°)
Rad Anglevaluestobesetinradians(default).(2
π
)
Grad Anglevaluestobesetingradients.(400°)
Note
: Pleaseuse"Degree"(DEG)foranglevaluesandnotGRAD
becausethisisusedtorepresentGrads,whereoneturncomprises
400Grads.
FSE: Variousdecimalformatscanbeset:
FloatPt Answersaregivenindecimalformwithaoating
decimalpoint(default).TheSETUPinTABdoesnot
have any effect on this setting.
(default)
If the value of the mantissa does not fit within the range
±0.000000001 to ±9999999999, the display changes to
scientific notation. The display mode can be changed
according to the purpose of the calculation.
Fix Answersaregivenindecimalform.Thedecimalpoint
canbesetintheTABmenu.
Sci Answersaregivenin“scientic”notation.Forexample,
“3500”isdisplayedas“3.500000000E3”.Thedecimal
pointcanbesetintheTABmenu.
Eng Answersaregivenin“engineering”notationwith
exponentssettobemultiplesof3.“100000”willbe
displayedas“100.0000000E3”.Thedecimalpointcan
besetintheTABmenu.
TAB: Setsthenumberofdigitsbeyondthedecimalpoint(0through9).
Thedefaultis“9”.