Converting A Value Expressed As A Rate; Number Bases - Texas Instruments TI-86 Manual Book

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) , you can use the F key
à
(
or paste it from the
CATALOG .

Converting a Value Expressed as a Rate

To convert a value expressed as a rate on the home screen, you can use parentheses and
the division operator (
à
to know the rate of speed in kilometers per hour, enter this expression:
(325à4)miàhr4kmàhr
You also can return this result using only a forward slash, as in:

Number Bases

The number base mode setting (Chapter 1) controls how the TI-86 interprets an entered
number and displays results on the home screen. However, you can enter numbers in any
number base using number base designators Ü, Ý, Þ, and ß. Then you can display the result
on the home screen in any number base using number base conversions.
All numbers are stored internally as decimal. If you perform an operation in a mode setting
other than , the TI-86 performs integer mathematics, truncating to an integer after every
Dec
calculation and expression.
For example, in mode,
Hex
Chapter 4: Constants, Conversions, Bases, and Complex Numbers
). For example, if a car travels 325 miles in 4 hours, and you want
This expression returns
returns (1 divided by 3, truncated to 0, and then added to 7).
1à3+7 7h
kmàhr (rounded up).
131
325mile4kmà4hr4hr
65