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HP 49g+ User Manual

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Press the

!!@@OK#@ soft menu key to complete the selection:

Press the

!!@@OK#@ soft menu key return to the calculator display. The

number now is shown as:

Notice how the number is rounded, not truncated. Thus, the number
123.4567890123456, for this setting, is displayed as 123.457, and not
as 123.456 because the digit after 6 is > 5):

• Scientific format

To set this format, start by pressing the

H button. Next, use the down

arrow key,

˜, to select the option Number format. Press the @CHOOSE soft

menu key (

B), and select the option Scientific with the arrow down key

˜. Keep the number 3 in front of the Sci. (This number can be
changed in the same fashion that we changed the Fixed number of
decimals in the example above).

Press the

!!@@OK#@ soft menu key return to the calculator display. The

number now is shown as: