To Rigel Centaurus: 4.3 yr (9.5 1015 m/yr).

To Sirius: 8.7 yr (9.5 1015 m/yr).

 

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Description:

4.3

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Light–years to Rigel Centaurus.

9.5

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Speed of light, c.

y

 

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Meters to R. Centaurus.

8.7 ) Retrieves c.

y

)   Meters to Sirius.

Chain Calculations

The automatic lifting and dropping of the stack's contents let you retain intermediate results without storing or reentering them, and without using parentheses.

Work from the Parentheses Out

For example, solve (12 + 3) 7.

If you were working out this problem on paper, you would first calculate the

intermediate result of (12 + 3) ...

(12 + 3) = 15

… then you would multiply the intermediate result by 7:

(15) 7 = 105

Solve the problem in the same way on the HP 32SII, starting inside the parentheses:

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12 š3 ™ )Calculates the intermediate result first.

2–12 The Automatic Memory Stack

File name 32sii-Manual-E-0424

 

Printed Date : 2003/4/24

Size : 17.7 x 25.2 cm