Re: TI 92 Errors
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Re: TI 92 Errors
did you input (-28)^2 or -28^2
the latter of the two takes the negitive of the answer.
the first one is the correct way to square a negitive number.
-scott
On Mon, 2 Feb 1998 John_Archer@nowhere.com wrote:
> Has anyone else experienced any calculation errors with the TI-92?
>
> I entered -28 raised to the 2d power and got -784. Now anybody knows
> that a negative number multiplied by a negative number is a positive
> number. On my wife's TI business calculator the same operation came
> out correct. If I entered -28 x -28 the answer came out correct
> (784).
>
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