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416 Appendix A: Functions and Instructions

8992APPA.DOC TI-89 / TI-92 Plus: Appendix A (US English) Susan Gullord Revised: 02/23/01 1:48 PM Printed: 02/23/01 2:21 PM Page 416 of 132

ans()

2

±

key

ans()

value

ans(

integer

)

value

Returns a previous answer from the
Home screen history area.

integer

, if included, specifies which previous

answer to recall. Valid range for

integer

is

from 1 to 99 and cannot be an expression.
Default is 1, the most recent answer.

To use

ans()

to generate the Fibonacci

sequence on the Home screen, press:

1 ¸

1

1 ¸

1

2 ± « 2 ± A 0 2 ¸

2

¸

3

¸

5

approx()

MATH/Algebra menu

approx(

expression

)

value

Returns the evaluation of

expression

as a

decimal value, when possible, regardless of
the current

Exact/Approx

mode.

This is equivalent to entering

expression

and

pressing ¥ ¸ on the Home screen.

approx(

p) ¸

3.141...

approx(

list1

)

list

approx(

matrix1

)

matrix

Returns a list or matrix where each element
has been evaluated to a decimal value, when
possible.

approx({sin(

p),cos(p)}) ¸

{0. ë1.}

approx([

‡(2),‡(3)]) ¸

[1.414... 1.732...]

Archive

CATALOG

Archive

var1 [, var2] [, var3] …

Moves the specified variables from RAM to
the user data archive memory.

You can access an archived variable the same
as you would a variable in RAM. However,
you cannot delete, rename, or store to an
archived variable because it is locked
automatically.

To unarchive variables, use

Unarchiv

.

10!arctest ¸

10

Archive arctest ¸

Done

5ùarctest ¸

50

15!arctest ¸

N

Unarchiv arctest ¸

Done

15!arctest ¸

15

arcLen()

MATH/Calculus menu

arcLen(

expression1

,

var

,

start

,

end

)

expression

Returns the arc length of

expression1

from

start

to

end

with respect to variable

var

.

Regardless of the graphing mode, arc length
is calculated as an integral assuming a
function mode definition.

arcLen(cos(x),x,0,

p) ¸ 3.820...

arcLen(f(x),x,a,b) ¸

a

b

(

d

dx

(f(x)))ñ+1 dx

arcLen(

list1,var,start,end

)

list

Returns a list of the arc lengths of each
element of list1 from start to end with
respect to var.

arcLen({sin(x),cos(x)},x,0,

p)

{3.820... 3.820...}

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