Re: ti-85 solver problem
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Re: ti-85 solver problem
You sound like my teacher
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I'm, like, a product, OK, of american, you know, education, all right?
DJ_Ramen@juno.com
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998 06:24:28 GMT Tram <tram@HUMBOLDT10.COM> writes:
>For the equation 1/x=0.25
>x=4
>not 0.25
>One would hope they would get the right answer, or at least know the
>answer is wrong. This is exactly why people shouldn't rely on their
>calculator, but instead, their brain.
>
>On Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:47:12 -0600, GARY WARDALL
><gwardall@LAKEFIELD.NET> wrote:
>
>>Try:
>>
>>Solver(1/x=.25,x,2,{.0001,100}) [ENTER]
>>x [ENTER]
>>
>>I got and you should get .25
>>
>>
>>Good Luck
>>
>>Gary Wardall
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>In article <6f064m$9fd$1@news.ncal.verio.com>,
>>>wnc@idontwantnospam.wco.com says...
>>>>
>>>>Hi, i've had the ti-85 for quite a long time, and recently i ran
>into a
>>>>solver problem. using the built in solver (the interactive one, not
>the
>>>>command line Solver()) I entered 1/x=0.25, and it cannot find the
>>>>solution, i reset the calc, same thing, i put it in (1/x)=0.25, i
>did
>>>>x^-1=0.25, but it doesn't work. If i use the command line of
>>>>Solver(1/x=0.25,x,9) it makes x=4 correctly. I have ROM ver 9, i
>tried
>>>on
>>>>a calc with ver 10 with no programs or anything same deal, even
>>>limiting
>>>>the range didn't seem to help much. the command line solver finds
>it
>>>very
>>>>quickly. Does anyone have a solution for this? (or a workaround)
>>>>
>>>>any info appreciated
>>>>
>>>>wnc@wco.com
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>For some reason this seems to work ... introduce another variable.
>>>Try (in interactive solver) z=x^-1-.25 then press enter and set
>z-0,
>>>highlite x and press solve
>
>
>
>tram@humboldt10.com
>Remove the 0 from address to reply.
>
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