HP 50g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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The result is the expression

The cursor is shown as a left-facing key. The cursor indicates the current edition
location. Typing a character, function name, or operation will enter the
corresponding character or characters in the cursor location. For example, for
the cursor in the location indicated above, type now:

*„Ü5+1/3

The edited expression looks as follows:

Suppose that you want to replace the quantity between parentheses in the
denominator (i.e., 5+1/3) with (5+

π

2

/2). First, we use the delete key (ƒ)

delete the current 1/3 expression, and then we replace that fraction with

π

2

/2,

as follows: ƒƒƒ„ìQ2

When we hit this point the screen looks as follows:

In order to insert the denominator 2 in the expression, we need to highlight the
entire

π

2

expression. We do this by pressing the right arrow key (™) once. At

that point, we enter the following keystrokes: /2
The expression now looks as follows:

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