Re: TI 92 Errors
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Re: TI 92 Errors
Sorry, but it is by mathemcatical convention that
-2^2 is -4 not 4. The TI-92 is correct on this one.
-2^2 does not mean (-2)*(-2) it means -(2*2).
The TI-92 is in error on 0^0, however, when it gives 1.
Good Luck
Gary Wardall
>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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