HP 38g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Menu Keys You can press fuBl to see this screen;

menu labels

menu keys

Parametric

Polar

Sequence

Solve

Math Keys

« The top-row keys are called

menu keys

because their

meanings depend on the context—that’s why their tops

are blank.

• The bottom line of the display shows the labels for the

menu keys’ current meanings, {{

save

}} is the label for the

first menu key in this picture. “Press {{

save

}}’’ means to

press the leftmost top-row key.

Home (press |

home

|) is the place to do calculations.

• Keyboard keys. The most common arithmetic operations

are on the keyboard, such as the arithmetic (like (T)) and

trigonometric (like |

sin

|) functions. Press |

enter

| to

complete the operation : |^] 256 |

enter

| displays 16 .

P256

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