Mansimp Setting - Texas Instruments TI-73 Explorer Manual Book

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Chapter 3: Fractions

Mansimp Setting

Mansimp Setting
When the
Mansimp
calculation is not simplified automatically.
means that it is unsimplified and can be simplified at least one
more time. You then can decide if you want the calculator to
simplify the result step-by-step using simplification factors it
chooses or if you want the calculator to simplify the result
using the simplification factors that you choose.
Letting the Calculator Choose the Simplification Factor
After getting an unsimplified result (one with
any fractional calculation, press B b. The simplified
result and simplification factor which the calculator chose are
displayed. For example,
The Display Format mode settings affect whether a result is
displayed as a mixed number or a simple fraction.
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1. Select
if necessary, and return to
the Home screen.
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b - l
3
2. Add 1
:
<
2
3. Let the calculator simplify
the result.
B b
setting is selected, the result of a
Fac=3
mode setting,
Mansimp
4
/ + 2 /
4 8
.
< =
1 3
= b
4 8
means simplification factor=3.
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4
next to a result
$
next to it) from
$
In A§b/c
mode
In b/c
mode
In A§b/c
mode
In b/c
mode