HP 35s Scientific Calculator User Manual
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Try it and see what happens. Enter the function f(x) = xe
–x
.
Set the display format to SCI 3, specify the lower and upper limits of integration as
zero and 10
499
, than start the integration.
The answer returned by the calculator is clearly incorrect, since the actual integral of
f(x) = xe
–x
from zero to
∞
is exactly 1. But the problem is not that
∞
was
represented by 10
499
, since the actual integral of this function from zero to 10
499
is
very close to 1. The reason for the incorrect answer becomes apparent from the
graph of f(x) over the interval of integration.
Keys:
Display:
Description:
Select equation mode.
X
Enter the equation.
X
End of the equation.
Checksum and length.
Cancels Equation mode.
Keys:
Display:
Description:
8
(2)
_
Specifies accuracy level
and limits of integration.
Selects Equation mode;
displays the equation.
X
∫
Approximation of the
integral.