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Basic Operation - Texas Instruments TI-85 Setup Manual

Graphing calculators part b
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B-2
TI-85/TI-86 Graphing Calculators
ALPHA
ENTER
TI-85 Statistical Setup
TI-86 Note: Because appropriate TI-86 computer linking software had not yet been perfected
at the time this material was written, TI-86 screens in this Guide appear smaller than the TI-
85 screens. Screens that appear the same on both calculators are shown for the TI-85.

Basic Operation

You should be familiar with the basic operation of your calculator. With calculator in hand, go
through each of the following.
1. CALCULATING
parentheses when you are not sure of the calculator's order of operations. As a general rule,
numerators and denominators of fractions and powers consisting of more than one term should be
enclosed in parentheses.
1
Evaluate
4 * 15 +
for the negative symbol and - for the
(Use
(–)
subtraction sign.)
3
Evaluate e
* 0.027 and e
The calculator will assume you mean the first expression
unless you use parentheses around the two values in the
exponent. (It is not necessary to type in the 0 before the
decimal point.)
2. USING THE ANS MEMORY
immediately prior, use the answer memory by pressing
,
(
) 2
7
L
ALPHA
. (See Figure 4.) Press
FIGURE 3
You can type in lengthy expressions; just make sure that you use
4
- 5
( - 3)
. Evaluate
8 + 1. 456
895
7
3*0.027
.
Instead of again typing an expression that was evaluated
,
(
) 3
7
L
ALPHA
or
(
EXIT
2nd
EXIT
QUIT
TI- 86 Statistical Setup
FIGURE 4
.
(
2nd
(–)
ANS
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,
(
) 4
7
L
ALPHA
) to return to the home screen.
) .
(
) 5
7
L

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