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ENG mode, n+1?
01-14-2014, 02:45 PM
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RE: ENG mode, n+1?
(01-13-2014 10:32 PM)Tim Wessman Wrote:  So I was just wondering why on the 48 series and onwards (maybe in earlier units too?) the ENG display mode actually seems to do n+1 and is mislabeled as "enter decimal places to display".
All HP (and other) calculators I know of, when set to SCI n or ENG n, will display n+1 significant digits of the result. So both SCI 4 and ENG 4 show five mantissa digits. The difference only is the decimal marker that in ENG mode is placed so that the exponent is a multiple of three.

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ENG mode, n+1? - Tim Wessman - 01-13-2014, 10:32 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - brouhaha - 01-13-2014, 10:55 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Didier Lachieze - 01-13-2014, 11:06 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Didier Lachieze - 01-14-2014, 12:06 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - RMollov - 01-14-2014, 03:03 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Han - 01-14-2014, 06:28 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - walter b - 01-14-2014, 08:51 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - walter b - 01-14-2014, 05:22 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Michael de Estrada - 01-14-2014, 06:11 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Tim Wessman - 01-14-2014, 02:42 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Dieter - 01-14-2014 02:45 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Neil Hamilton - 01-16-2014, 01:26 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Dieter - 01-16-2014, 09:47 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Thomas Klemm - 01-17-2014, 03:05 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - walter b - 01-17-2014, 05:20 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Dieter - 01-17-2014, 08:05 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Thomas Klemm - 01-17-2014, 09:12 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Neil Hamilton - 01-17-2014, 09:23 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - walter b - 01-17-2014, 09:26 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Dieter - 01-18-2014, 06:25 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - walter b - 01-18-2014, 08:05 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - David Hayden - 01-15-2014, 05:50 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Michael de Estrada - 01-16-2014, 02:22 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Sylvain Cote - 01-18-2014, 02:19 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Thomas Klemm - 01-18-2014, 06:23 AM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Sylvain Cote - 01-18-2014, 04:05 PM
RE: ENG mode, n+1? - Steve Simpkin - 01-18-2014, 05:42 PM



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