HP 48G - Manual (Page 5)

About the Quick Start Guide.............................................................. 1-2
Lesson 1: Getting Ready............................................................................ 1-3
Turning the HP 48 On and Off'...................................................... 1-3
Adjusting the Display Contrast.............................................................. 1-3
Preparing the Built-In Examples........................................................... 1-3
Setting the Time and Date.............................................................. 1-4
Setting the Beeper, Clock, and Fraction Mark . . .
1-4
2. Introducing tlw; HP 48
Lesson 2: Mathematical Objects and the HP 48 ... 2-2
Editing an Object in the Clommand Line...................................... 2-5
Removing Objects from the Stack................................................. 2-6
Lesson 3: Entering Characters................................................................... 2-7
The Keyboard........................................................................................ 2-7
Special Characters ................................................................................ 2-8
Lesson 4; Using Menus ............................................................................. 2-9
The fiMXT) Key...................................................................................... 2-9
Lesson 5: A Brief Tour of the HP 48 2-10
Entry Environments............................................................................. 2-10
Application Environments................................................................... 2-12
Utility Environments........................................................................... 2-14
3. Aritliiiietic
Lesson 6; Doing Arithmetic ...................................................................... 3-2
Stack Method ........................................................................................ 3-2
Algebraic method................................................................................... 3-4
LTsing the Equation Writer................................................................... 3-5
Lesson 7: Finding and Using More Math Functions . . 3-7
Lesson 8: Arithmetic with Fractions.......................................................... 3-8
Lesson 9; Arithmetic with Symbols........................................................... 3-9
Lesson 10: Arithmetic with CGmplex Numbers . . . .
3-10
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