HP 48g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Step 5:

Use BOXR to calculate the ratio of surface area to volume

for a box 9 inches high, 18 inches wide, and 21 inches long.

Enter the height, width, and length, then execute BOXR.

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(ENTER)18(ENTER)21

(VAR) B O X R

1:

.4285?1428571

Note that BOXS was defined using h, lu, and I as variables, and that.
BOXS takes r, y, and

2

as arguments in the definition for BOXR. It

makes no difference if the variables in the two definitions match—each

set of variables is independent of the other.

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11-10 Using Mathematical Functions

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