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04-30-2021, 08:49 PM (This post was last modified: 05-01-2021 07:01 PM by Guenter Schink.)
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(04-30-2021 08:04 PM)aurelio Wrote:  Excuse me for my trivial question, but how happened that the function (calculated by an internal routine) y^x changed starting from the HP45 after to has been, on the HP35, x^y ?
There is a Museum somewhere Big Grin they have an explanation.
Quote:The 35 is well-known for having an x^y key instead of y^x. This makes a lot of sense on the 35 since it didn't have a 10x key. If you wanted the anti-log of a number in x, you entered 10 x^y.

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POWERS OF NUMBERS - aurelio - 04-30-2021, 08:04 PM
RE: POWERS OF NUMBERS - trojdor - 04-30-2021, 08:20 PM
RE: POWERS OF NUMBERS - aurelio - 04-30-2021, 08:39 PM
RE: POWERS OF NUMBERS - Guenter Schink - 04-30-2021 08:49 PM
RE: POWERS OF NUMBERS - aurelio - 04-30-2021, 09:01 PM
RE: POWERS OF NUMBERS - Dave Britten - 04-30-2021, 10:48 PM
RE: POWERS OF NUMBERS - aurelio - 05-01-2021, 01:37 PM
RE: POWERS OF NUMBERS - aurelio - 05-03-2021, 07:09 AM
RE: POWERS OF NUMBERS - EdS2 - 05-03-2021, 07:57 AM



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