Mansimp setting – Texas Instruments TI-73 EXPLORER User Manual
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Chapter 3: Fractions
7303ENG.DOC Ch 3 Fractions, English Julie Hewlett Revised: 07/29/98 12:00 PM Printed: 05/19/99 8:59 AM
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Mansimp Setting
Mansimp Setting
When the
Mansimp
setting is selected, the result of a
calculation is not simplified automatically.
$
next to a result
means that it is unsimplified and can be simplified at least one
more time. You then can decide if you want the calculator to
simplify the result step-by-step using simplification factors it
chooses or if you want the calculator to simplify the result
using the simplification factors that you choose.
Letting the Calculator Choose the Simplification Factor
After getting an unsimplified result (one with
$
next to it) from
any fractional calculation, press B b. The simplified
result and simplification factor which the calculator chose are
displayed. For example,
Fac=3
means simplification factor=3.
The Display Format mode settings affect whether a result is
displayed as a mixed number or a simple fraction.
1. Select
Mansimp
mode setting,
if necessary, and return to
the Home screen.
. # # # # "
b - l
2. Add 1
3
/
4
+
2
4
/
8
.
:
1
<
3
=
4
" \
2
<
4
=
8
b
3. Let the calculator simplify
the result.
B b
³
In b/c
mode
In A
§
b/c
mode
In A
§
b/c
mode
In b/c
mode