Texas Instruments TI-60 Owner's Manual page 10

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Advanced professional calculators, such as this calculator are marvels made
possible by the most recenl breakthroughs In semiconductor technology
The integrated circuit, which made handheld calculators possible, appeared
only a tew years ago The calculator has many capabilities that make it the
best choice for scientific applications Its features indude
• Algebraic Operating System (AOS™*)
Comprehensive data entry with the number and decimal keys, a tr key. a
key to exchange x and y values, and parentheses Multiplication, division,
addition and subtraction may be used with the Algebraic Operating
Systom (which allows the entry of most problems as they are written) with
up to four operations and 15 parentheses pending, and the results stored
in up to twelve user data momones Data may be entered and displayed in
standard format (with the necessary number ot decimal places), In
scientific format, and In engineenng format
• Mathematical and Scientific Functions
Mathematical and scientific keys for all trequent needs, including
reciprocal, square, square root, universal powers and roots, percent,
percent change, factorial. s>gnum. absolute value, fractional pad. integer
pad. permutations, combinations, loganthms in both common and natural
form, and ail common Ingonomelnc and hyperbolic functions and their
Inverses Angular measures are displayed in degrees, radians, or grads,
and are easily convertible from one to the other
• Statistical Functions
A full rango ol statistical keys, including simple data entry and correction
with multiple data point capability, mean, and both population and sample
standard deviation Also available are keys for solving linear regression
and trend-line problems, including correlation, slope. Intercept, and one
value given another
• Number System Modes
In addition to the decimal number mode, the calculator enables you to
perform integer operations In the hexadecimal (base 16) and the octal
(base 8) number modes
• Built-in Conversions
Conversion keys for degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade. US
gallons to litres, pounds to kilograms. Inches to centimetres, polar to
rectangular coordinates, degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal degrees, and
the reverse of each of these
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