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Getting Answers from HP Financial Calculator

HP Financial Calculator gives you all the power and convenience of a full-fledged Hewlett-Packard handheld calculator. It lets you quickly perform mathematical operations, as well as sophisticated financial and scientific calculations. Here’s a sample of what you can do with this handy OmniBook application:

∙Perform general arithmetic problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

∙Execute sophisticated TVM (time value of money) and financial calculations.

∙Produce analyses of financial alternatives.

∙Do conversions involving currency, length, temperature, and other units.

∙Perform calculations using scientific functions like sine, cosine, polar/rectangular functions, and more.

∙Solve algebraic equations with the Solver.

∙Switch between conventional algebraic mode and the RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) familiar to many HP calculator users.

Attention HP Calculator Veterans

If you’ve already used another Hewlett-Packard calculator like the HP 19BII or the HP 200LX’s Calculator, you’ll find HP Calculator remarkably similar. But now you can press buttons on the keyboard or click buttons in the HP Calculator window to accomplish the same tasks.

To start HP Calculator

∙Click Start, Programs, OmniBook, and HP Financial Calculator.

To perform a math function on one number

1.Type the number. The number appears in the Calc line.

2.Click the button for the desired math function. –or–

Press the key on the OmniBook keyboard corresponding to the desired math function.

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