Texas Instruments TI Programmable 57 User Manual

TO
SECTION
2:
ADVANCED
/
“SLIDE
RULE”
KEYS
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[2nd]
MM
»
—
Fix
Decrman
Conrnon
This
very
convenient
feature
allows
you
to
choose
the
number
of
digits
you'd
like
to
have
displayed
to
the
right
of
the
decimal
point
as
you
go
through
your
calculations.
Just
press
[2nd]
MNJ
then
press
the
desired
number
of
decimal
places
(0
to
8).
Try
it
—
press
[rd]
M3
—
the
display
immediately
changes
to
"0.000".
The
calculator
will
round:all
of
your
subsequent
results
to
this
number
of
decimal
places.
You
can
goon
and
make
number
entries
with
as
many
digits
as
you
like,
and
the
calculator
will
retain
its
own
internal
(]1-digit)
accuracy.
The
display
value
will
continue
to
be
correctly
rounded
to
the
number
of
decimal
places
you've
selected.
Note
also
that
you
can
use
the
fix
key
to
set
the
desired
number
of
decimal
places
whether
you're
in
standard
display
format
or
scientific
notation.
Turning
your
calculator
OFF
and
ON
again
erases
the
“fix’’
condition.
Try
the
following
example.
Example:
%
=
0,6666667
Press
DispLay/ComMENTS
OFF-ON
0
0
243)
0.6666667
ic
0.666667
(Note:
display
m2
0.67
value
is
correctly
i)
0.7
rounded)
(2nd)
HT
Q
l.
To
Crear
THE
“Fix”
Conprrion:
You
can
“‘unfix”
you
calculator’s
display
with
the
following
key
sequences:
(INV) (2nd) am
m9
Turning
the
calculator
OFF
and
ON
(this
clears
everything).

Texas Instruments TI Programmable 57 Specifications

General

Brand	Texas Instruments
Model	TI Programmable 57
Category	Calculator
Language	English