RE: [MATHEDCC] HP 49G

Michael Schachter (michaels@always-online.com)
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 17:17:39 -0400

Hewlett Packard will be introducing the new calculator in a Commercial =
Presentation at the AMATYC Conference in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning =
and I am sure they will have it available at their booth prior to that =
time.
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the 25th (Silver Anniversary) AMATYC Conference
November 18-21, 1999 in Pittsburgh, PA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Abraham S. Mantell [SMTP:mantell@polar.sunynassau.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 12:30 PM
To: jerry_thornhill@sw.cc.va.us
Cc: mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu
Subject: Re: [MATHEDCC] the TI's that are above 83 in number

HP has a new calculator -- the HP-49G -- which is advertised to have the
most powerful symbolic algebra package of ANY handheld calculator!!!

Check it at:

http://www.hp.com/calculators/graphic/49g_info.html

Abe Mantell
Mathematics Department
Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY 11530-6793

mantell@sunynassau.edu

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> The TI-89 which has the same software as the TI-92 (minus the geometry
> application) will display exact answers, of course. I don't know of =
any
> other TI calculator which does.
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> Regards,
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> Jerry
> jerry_thornhill@sw.cc.va.us
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu
> > [mailto:owner-mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu]On Behalf Of Sandra
> > CHANDLER
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 12:17 PM
> > To: mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu
> > Subject: [MATHEDCC] the TI's that are above 83 in number
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to display exact answers?
> > For instance, x^2 - 2x -1 =3D0
> > exact answer is 1 + or - sqrt(2)
> > decimal approximation is 2.414, -0.414
> >
> > I know the TI-92 will give the exact answer (with the square
> > root sign) and the TI-83 won't. I don't know about the others.
> >
> > Thanks in advance. :-)
> >
> >
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