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Th e e rr o r s t at e c a n be cleared w i th e it h e r t h e ~ or ~ o r [EJ key . I f th e ~ o r
[El k e y is u s ed to c lear the erro r s t a t e , t h e po rti o n o f t he form ula where th e e rro r
o cc ur r ed i s r ecalled i n t h e d i sp l ay ( se e t h e d esc ri pt i o n f o r the reca ll f e at u re ) .
S ci entif i c N ot a tion
P eop l e w ho n ee d to deal w i t h very l a r ge a nd ve r y small nu m be r s o ft en u se a specia l
expone n tial format called sci e nt i f i c not ati o n . I n s c ien t i f ic no t atio n , a num ber is broke n
down i nto t wo parts.
Error Mess a ge
If an erro r occ u rr ed a s a resu l t o f a ma nu a l c alc ul at i on , an er ro r me ssag e will a pp ear i n
th e d i s pl ay s u ch as :
E RROR 1 or E RR O R 2
3 8 250.
D i sp lay
I nput
To find the va l ue o f R use d in t h is c a l cu l a t i o n , en t e r R :
2 29 50.
Disp l ay
Input
A l though t he comp uter p e rfo r ms a ll t h e ca l c u l ations i n t he c h ai n , it d i s p l ays o nly the
fi n a l result:
w 0 0rn rnrnm rn
rn l0__] ra; 0 oo rn I R =. as * 4 s 0 0 0, R * .a 0 _
00000
I n pu t D i spl a y
Chained Calculations
I n add i t i o n to combini n g severa l ope r ators i n on e ca l cu l a t i o n , th e co m put er a l s o a l low s
you to perf or m sev e ral calcu l at i o n s o n e after a noth er - w i t h ou t h av in g t o p r ess [ EN T ER I
be fo r e m o v i ng on . Yo u must sepa r a t e t h e eq ua ti o n s w i th co mm as. O nly t h e r es u l t o f
t h e final ca lc u l a t i o n i s d i sp l aye d . (Reme m b er t o o th at th e ma x im um li n e length
acce pte d b y th e co m put e r is 80 character s in c l ud i ng I E N TE R! . )
Yo u w o nder h ow much m o ney wou l d ha ve b ee n ava il abl e f or r oo ms if y o u h ad k e pt t o
your origin al a ll ocat io n of 1 5 % f or th e a w ar ds d i n ner:
Using as a Calculato r