Symbolic calculations, Symbolic calculations -10 – HP 38g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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To access an

The

{{APLET}}

menu key in the VAR menu switches the menu

aplet variable

¡¡st to aplet variables. The ■ symbol indicates what is "on":

{{APLE

b

}}

means that aplet variables are displayed.

1. Open the aplet whose variable you want to recall.

2.

Press I

VAR

I to display the VAR menu. Set

{{

apleb

}}, if

necessary by pressing

{{

aplet

}}.

I^^FUNCTIBN

Plot ■

fixes

Connect

Coord
FastRes v

Plot FCN

Symbolic

Numeric v

3. Highlight the view on the left side. If you’je not sure which

view it’s in, just scroll through the view names and check

the names of the variables on the right.

4. Press

{{OK}}

or to switch to the list of variable names

on the right side.

5. Highlight the name of the variable you want. To copy its

name, turn on

{{NAM»}}.

To retrieve its value, turn on

{{

valub

}}.

Press

{{OK}}.

You can do this in Home

if

the aplet you want is current; that

is, it was the last one open.

Symbolic Calculations

Formal Names

N o t e

A

formal name

acts as a placeholder—it does not represent a

value, just a symbol. In Home or in a program, the expression

(s 1 * s 2) ^ always returns the expression (s 1 * s 2) ^. The

real variables in {

A*B)

^ on the pther hand, are evaluated to

a number, the value of which depends on what is currently

stored in

A

and

B.

Remember that there is always a value in a real variable,
even if it is zero.

2-10 Mathematical Calculations

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