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HP 15c User Manual

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Section 1: Getting Started

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Example: Calculate (9 + 17

4) ÷ 4.

Keystrokes

Display

9

v

9.0000

Digit entry terminated.

17

+

26.0000

(9 + 17).

4

-

22.0000

(9 + 17 – 4).

4

ч

5.5000

(9 + 17 – 4) ч 4.

Even more complicated problems are solved in the same manner-using
automatic storage and retrieval of intermediate results. It is easiest to work
from the inside of parentheses outwards, just as you would with calculations
on paper.

Example: Calculate (6 + 7) × (9

3)

Keystrokes

Display

6

v

6.0000

First solve for the
intermediate result of (6 + 7).

7

+

13.0000

9

v

9.0000

Then solve for the
intermediate result of (9

3).

3

-

6.0000

*

78.0000

Then multiply the
intermediate results together
(13 and 6) for the final
answer.

Try your hand at the following problems. Each time you press v or a
function key in a calculation, the preceding number is saved for the next
operation.

(16 Ч 38) – (13 Ч 11) = 465.0000

4 Ч (17 – 12) ч (10 – 5) = 4.0000
23

2

– (13 Ч 9) + 1/7 = 412.1429

5998

.

0

)]

7

.

0

5

.

12

(

)

8

.

0

4

.

5

[(

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