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Section 4: Units & Conversions Name
Date
Fundamental Topics in Science © 2001 Texas Instruments
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Try-It!™ 4-1
4: Units & Conversions  Try-It!™ on Your TI83 Plus
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Calculate the distance light travels in one year
Express the distance that light travels in one year (known as 1 light-year) in m. The speed of
light is 2.99792458
4
10
8
m/s. Distance = speed
4
time.
To Do This Press Display
1. Exit Fundamental Topics in Science.
Clear the home screen.
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EXIT Ä
s s
2. Display the
SCIENCE TOOLS
menu.
Note:
You also can access the
SCIENCE
TOOLS
menu from the
SCIENCE
CHAPTERS
menu.
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Select
SciTools
¯
to leave the title page
3. Display the
UNIT CONVERTER
screen.
2:UNIT CONVERTER
4. Display the list of constants.
Highlight
c
(speed of light).
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CONSTANT Ä
a a a h h
5. Export the value of
c
to the home
screen.
6. Return to the home screen and enter
a multiplication sign.
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EXPT
Ä
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EXIT
Ä
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7. Return to Science Tools and display
the
UNIT CONVERTER
screen.
8. To determine the number of seconds
in a year, display the
TIME
conversion
screen.
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Select
SciTools
¯
to leave the title page
2:UNIT CONVERTER
4:TIME