HP 17BII Manual

The HP 17BuQ-Card
The Display
Viewing Angle With the machine on, press and hold down the
key. Then use or (=) to set a better viewing angle.
Decimal Places Press EIT, type the desired number of
decimalplaces, and press (INPUT). (You can use [HOVto
temporarily view maximum precision in the current result; or
to see it continually in every result.)
Decimal Point Press (DSP), then choose either EEE or EE as
the decimal point character.
Clearing (e) clears the last digit of any entry in progress on the
calculator line; only a complete entry is completely cleared.
always clears the entire calculator line.
[0CLian DATA clears the history stack and calculator line.
Arithmetic and Math
Arithmetic Mode Press OD:©, then select either ALGebraic
or RPN mode (by pressing or ETH).
Arithmetic in ALGebraic Mode To calculate 2+5, you'd press
(+H)(5)(=). To find 40% of 200, press 0) 0](x](4) 0%) (=).
Arithmetic in RPN Mode To calculate 2 +5, you would press
(ENTER)(5)(+). To find 40% of 200, press 0] 0)(ENTER)(4) 0]% ) .
The Math Menu Press [\//+. This menu computes logs,
natural logs, exponentials, etc.:
Ea ESF HU FI
(Press to leave the Math menu.)
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