Texas Instruments TI-86 Manual Book page 47

Non-decimal modes are valid
only on the home screen or in
the program editor.
Decimal Modes
Float (floating) Displays results up to 12 digits, plus any sign and the floating decimal point
(fixed) ( 012345678901
digits to the right of the decimal point (rounds answers to the specified decimal place);
the second
Angle Modes
Interprets angle values as radians; displays answers in radians
Radian
Degree Interprets angle values as degrees; displays answers in degrees
Complex Number Modes
RectC (rectangular complex mode) Displays complex-number results as
PolarC (polar complex mode) Displays complex-number results as
Graphing Modes
Func (function graphing) Plots functions where
(polar graphing) Plots functions where
Pol
Param (parametric graphing) Plots relations where
DifEq (differential equation graphing) Plots differential equations in terms of
Number Base Modes
Dec (decimal number base) Interprets and displays numbers as decimal (base 10)
Bin (binary number base) Interprets numbers as binary (base 2); displays
Oct (octal number base) Interprets numbers as octal (base 8); displays
Hex (hexadecimal number base) Interprets numbers as hexadecimal (base 16); displays
suffix with answers
; each number is a setting) Displays results with the specified number of
sets 10; the second sets 11
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