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Solve app functions, Spreadsheet app functions – HP Prime Graphing Wireless Calculator User Manual

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Functions and commands

Solve app functions

The Solve app has a single function that solves a given
equation or expression for one of its variables. En may be an
equation or expression, or it may be the name of one of the
Solve Symbolic variables E0–E9.

SOLVE

Solve. Solves an equation for one of its variables. Solves the
equation En for the variable var, using the value of guess as
the initial value for the value of the variable var. If En is an
expression, then the value of the variable var that makes the
expression equal to zero is returned.

SOLVE(En,var,guess)

Example:

SOLVE(X

2

-X-2,X,3)returns 2

This function also returns an integer that is indicative of the
type of solution found, as follows:

0—an exact solution was found

1—an approximate solution was found

2—an extremum was found that is as close to a solution

as possible

3—neither a solution, an approximation, nor an

extremum was found

Spreadsheet app functions

The spreadsheet app functions can be selected from the App
Toolbox menu: press

D

, tap

and select

Spreadsheet. They can also be selected from the View

menu (

V

) when the Spreadsheet app is open.