HP 49g+ User Manual

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• Decimal comma vs. decimal point

Decimal points in floating-point numbers can be replaced by commas, if
the user is more familiar with such notation. To replace decimal points for
commas, change the FM option in the CALCULATOR MODES input form
to commas, as follows (Notice that we have changed the Number Format
to Std):

• Press the H button. Next, use the down arrow key, ˜, once, and the

right arrow key, ™, twice, to highlight the option __FM,. To select
commas, press the

@CHECK soft menu key (i.e., the B key). The input form

will look as follows:

• Press the !!@@OK#@ soft menu key return to the calculator display. The

number 123.456789012, entered earlier, now is shown as:

Angle Measure

Trigonometric functions, for example, require arguments representing plane
angles. The calculator provides three different Angle Measure modes for
working with angles, namely:

• Degrees: There are 360 degrees (360

o

) in a complete circumference.

• Radians: There are 2π radians (2π

r

) in a complete circumference.

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