Re: (85)Am I insane?
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Already discussed and dissected.. what the calculator does is it takes -(5
C->K)
It's all in the order of operations... the same reason why -2^2 = -4...
When in doubt, use parentheses....
At 00:43 11/18/96 -0600, Craig & Brandee wrote:
>I was performing some conversions from Celsius to Kelvin. Usually I
>simply add the value "273" to my celsius scale for the conversion. I
>happened to have been in the CONV screen and used the TEMP conversion
>Here is what happens:
>
>5 C->K . . . = 278.15
>1 C->K . . . = 274.15
>0 C->K . . . = 273.15
>So far so good right but check this out!!!!
>
>do this:
>-1 C->K . . . = -274.15 (negative 274.15 mind you!!!)
>-5 C->K . . . = -278.15
>-0 C->K . . . = -273.15 (???!!??!?!??!)
>
>Yeah no big deal but is the a bug? Is this old news? It really does
>not affect my mathematical performance in Temp conversion but thought
>I'd share with the TI community.
>
>
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