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HP 38g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Creating a

1.

Matrix in

Home

2.

3.

4.

and each row

with brackets (the shifted [|] and |T| keys).

Separate each element

and each row

with a comma.

Example: [ [ 1 , 2 ] , [ 3 , 4 ] ] . (Note: if the Decimal Mark

in MODES is set to Comma, use

periods

as separators.)

set of brackets. Example: [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] .

4. Press

I ENTER I

to enter and display the matrbc.

Immediately after typing in the matrbi, you can store it in a

variable by typing

{{STO^}}

matrixname

j

enter

|. The matrix

variable names are Ml through M9, and MO.

The left screen below shows the matrix

[ [ 2 . 5 , 7 2 9 ] , [ 1 6 , 2 ] ] being stored into M5. The screen

on the right shows the vector [ 6 6 , 3 3 , 1 1 ] being stored into

M6. Note that you can enter an expression (like 5/2) for an

element of the matrix, and it will be evaluated.

HOME

HOME

[ 6 6 , 3 3 , 1 l i m e

C C 2 . 5 , 7 2 9 ] , C 1 6 , 2 ] ]

[ 6 6 , 3 3 , 1 1 ]

To store one In Home, enter

value

{{STO^}}

matrixname(row,column').

For

element

example, to change the element in the first row and second

column of M5 to 728, type

728 {{ST0H}M5(1,2) |

ENTER|.

Using Matrices 6-5