Very cool!
Note, you can get fractions that are _not quite_ the number you expect.
Still, this is an excellent function. We gotta get this calculator
back on the Professional Engineers Exam approved list!
Note, you can get fractions that are _not quite_ the number you expect.
Still, this is an excellent function. We gotta get this calculator
back on the Professional Engineers Exam approved list!
--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "Juan C." <jcbuchin@...> wrote:
>
> There is one function that is very useful in your HP 50g, it is the XQ
> function; in RPN after you get a result that comes in decimal form,
> press X [ALPHA] Q [ENTER] the function look for a fraction form for
> that number, a combination of a fraction and PI or a irrational form
> like square_root(1/2). So go ahead a experiment with that function.
>