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KNOW YOUR 91008
CONTINUED
PRESS:
CLEAR
1
2
3
•
PRESS:
4
5
6
7
PRESS:
8
9
8
DISPLAY:
/23
.
4561898
~
X
Notice that with the DECIMAL DIGITS wheel set to 7
there are
7
digits to the right of the decimal point
a nd
3
to the left.
SET
DECIMAL
8
DIGITS:
I
I
DIS PLAY:
I
.
234 561 89 8
02
~ X
When the DECIMAL DIGITS wheel is switched to 8,
the calculator can display only two digits to the left;
the number becomes too large for the register and
'overflow' occurs
,
the
X
register reverts automatically
to 'floating point' and no digits are lost.
lf the number
'underflows'
(i.e. becomes too small
for the DECIM AL DIGITS setting) then
t
he
display
does not
revert t
o floattng point. Zeros will appea
r
in the display but
t
he nun1ber is still contained in
th
e
calculator in
f loat
ing point. As an example of 'under-
f
low'
ent
er
4
x
I0
-
6
(.000004)
into the calculator:
SWITCH
:
FIXED POINT
SET
DECIMAL
6
DIGITS:
PRESS:
CLEAR
X
PRESS:
0
•
0
DISPLAY:
.DDDDD4
~ X
CONTINUED
0
0
0
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