Re: TI-85 convert problem?
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Mike Harder (prince@pcpros.net) wrote:
: >type iin -40 then F then C then enter = -4.4444444?????
: >-40 should be the same on each scale, what's going on??
: It's called a bug. It's like that on mine too.
I would call it order of operations. The calculator is doing the conversion
first, then the negation: -(40F->C). You should enter it as (-40)F->C. I have
no idea why they gave conversion a higher priority than negation, but for most
units it make no difference.
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