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Sharp EL-9900 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Operating the Graphing Calculator

c

Enters an arc cosine function at the cursor

t

Enters a tangent function at the cursor

t

Enters an arctangent function at the cursor

l

Enters a logarithm function at the cursor

0

Enters “10 to the

x

th power”, then sets the cursor at the “

x

I

Enters a natural logarithm function at the cursor

@

Enters “

e

-constant to the power of

x

”, then sets the cursor at the

x

X

Enters a variable “

x

”, “

θ”, “T”, or “

n

”. The variable is automatically

determined according to the calculator’s coordinate setup: “

x

” for

rectangular, “

θ” for polar, “T” for parametric, “

n

” for sequential.

y

Enters “

2

” at the cursor, to raise a number to the second power

x

Enters “

-

1

” at the cursor, to raise a number to the negative first

power

d

Enters a mixed number.

b

Enters a fraction.

a

Enters an exponent.

_

By itself enters a “root” figure; the cursor will be set at “a”, the

depth.

Common Math Function

keys for both keyboards: