Partial sum of a series – Sharp EL-9900 User Manual
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Advanced Keyboard/CALCULUS USING THE SHARP EL-9900
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Find the partial sum of a series,
∑ 1/X, for the first 10 terms.
1.
Make sure the SET UP to rectangular mode by pressing 2ndF SET UP ,
E (COORD) 1 (Rect). Press 2ndF
QUIT to exit the SET UP menu.
2.
First find the sequence of the first 10 terms of series
∑ 1/X by first pressing
CL 2ndF LIST A (OPE) 5 (seq
(
). Enter the generator 1/X by
pressing 1
÷
X/
θ/T/n , . Enter the lower and upper bounds for the
sequence by pressing 1 ,
1 0 ) . Find the sequence by pressing
ENTER . Press to see more of the sequence.
3.
Find the partial sum of the first 10 terms by pressing 2ndF LIST
6 (cumul) and pressing 2ndF ANS ENTER . Press to move right
in the sequence of partial sums until the last term is seen. The partial sum
of the first 10 terms is 2.9289.
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