Eq u a ls') – HP 38g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Statistics-Two

Symbolic
Functions

These are functions for use with two-variable statistics. See

chapter 5, Statistics.

The symbolic functions are used for symbolic manipulations

of expressions. The variables can be formal or numeric, but

the result is usually in symbolic form (not a number). You will

find the symbols for the symbolic functions = and

1

(where)

in

the CHARS menu (|P [CHARS]) as well as the MATH menu.

=

(eq u a ls')

Sets an equality for an equation. This is

not

a logical operator.

(See the Test category.)

expression 1 =expression2

ISOLATE

Isolates the first occurrence of

variable

in

expression

and

returns an equation,

variable=value.

The result is a general

solution that represents multiple solutions by including the

(formal) variables s7 to represent any sign and

nl to

represent

any integer.

ISOLATE

{expression, variable)

UNEAR?

Tests whether

expression

is linear for the specified

variable.

Returns

0

(false) or

1

(true).

LINEAR?

[expression, variable)

QUAD

Solves quadratic

expression

for

variable

and returns an

equation,

variable=newexpression.

The result is a general

solution that represents both positive and negative solutions by

including the (formal) variable

si

to represent any sign, -r or - .

QUAD

{

expression, variable

)

QUOTE

Encloses an expression that should not be evaluated

numerically.

QUOTE

(

expression)

1

(where)

Evaluates

expression

where each given variable is set to the

given

value.

Allows numeric evaluation of a symbolic

expression.

expression \

(

variable 1 =value 1,variable2=value2,

...)

Mathematical Calculations 2-25

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