Notation - Texas Instruments solar TI-36X User Manual

Notation

displays the Numeric Notation mode
menu.
• FLO (default): Displays results in floating notation,
with digits to the left and right of the decimal point.
• SCI: Displays results in scientific notation. The
format of scientific notation is n x 10^p, where
1 { n<10 and p is an integer.
• ENG: Engineering notation (exponent is a multiple
of 3).
These modes affect only the display of results, and not
the internally stored results.
lets you enter a value in scientific notation,
regardless of the numeric notation mode. Press
before entering a negative exponent.
³
1 2 5 + 4 6 7
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Examples
ß
1.2E5+4.6E7
46120000.
DEG
ß
1.2E5+4.6E7
4.612
07
X10
SCI DEG
ß
1.2E5+4.6E7
46.12
06
X10
ENG DEG