Important!

•For a very complex calculation or some other type of calculation that takes a long time to execute, the display may show only the above indicators (without any value) while it performs the calculation internally.

Calculation Modes and

Calculator Setup

kCalculation Modes

When you want to perform this type of

Select this

operation:

mode:

General calculations

COMP

Complex number calculations

CMPLX

Statistical and regression calculations

STAT

 

 

Calculations involving specific number systems

BASE-N

(binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal)

 

Equation solution

EQN

Matrix calculations

MATRIX

Generation of a number table based on an

TABLE

expression

 

Vector calculations

VECTOR

Specifying the Calculation Mode

(1)Press Nto display the mode menu.

(2)Press the number key that corresponds to the mode you want to select.

• To select the CMPLX Mode, for example, press 2.

kConfiguring the Calculator Setup

Pressing 1N(SETUP) displays the setup menu, which you can use to control how the calculations are executed and displayed. The setup menu has two screens, which you can jump between using cand f.

c

f

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