HP 40gs User Manual

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Using mathematical functions

Example

9 MOD 4 returns 1

%

x percent of y; that is, x/100*y.

%

(x, y)

Example

%

(20,50) returns 10

%CHANGE

Percent change from x to y, that is, 100(y–x)/x.

%

CHANGE(x, y)

Example

%

CHANGE(20,50) returns 150

%TOTAL

Percent total : (100)

y/x. What percentage of x, is y.

%

TOTAL(x, y)

Example

%

TOTAL(20,50) returns 250

RADDEG

Radians to degrees. Converts value from radians to
degrees.

RAD→DEG (value)

Example

RAD→DEG(π) returns 180

ROUND

Rounds value to decimal places. Accepts complex
numbers.

ROUND(value, places)

Round can also round to a number of significant digits as
showed in example 2.

Examples

ROUND(7.8676,2) returns 7.87

ROUND (0.0036757,-3) returns 0.00368

SIGN

Sign of value. If positive, the result is 1. If negative, –1. If
zero, result is zero. For a complex number, this is the unit
vector in the direction of the number.

SIGN(value)
SIGN((x, y))

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