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| (...) Not only that, but your remedial math students are a lot less likely to try to borrow your calculator when they forget to bring theirs to class! : ) Maggie C. (27 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <20000326.125628.509...no.com>... (...) So true, though these days I mostly use a non-RPN calculator. I keep watching for a modestly priced RPN calculator, but it just doesn't seem like it will ever happen (HP's (...) (27 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I use one of those (48G). Once you've used Reverse Polish Notation, you can't ever go back... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Maggie Cambron wrote in message (...) recall (...) You can also do multiplication and division (and addition and subtraction I think - don't remember what all scales are on the rule). Also roots and powers (in fact most calculators perform roots (...) (27 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) That's what we used them for-- mainly logarithms as I recall (and I don't recall much!). Maggie (27 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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