HP 33s scientific calculator user’s manual

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HP 33s scientific calculator

user's manual

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HP Part number F2216A-90020 Printed in China Edition 2

Notice

This manual and any examples contained herein are provided "as is" and are subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this manual, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett?Packard Co. shall not be liable for any errors or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual or the examples contained herein.

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Printing History

Edition 1 Edition 2

November 2003 February 2004

Contents

Part 1. Basic Operation

1. Getting Started

Important Preliminaries.......................................................1?1 Turning the Calculator On and Off.................................1?1 Adjusting Display Contrast ............................................1?1

Highlights of the Keyboard and Display ...............................1?2 Shifted Keys................................................................1?2 Alpha Keys.................................................................1?3 Cursor Keys ................................................................1?3 Silver Paint Keys ..........................................................1?4 Backspacing and Clearing............................................1?4 Using Menus ..............................................................1?7 Exiting Menus .............................................................1?9 RPN and ALG Keys ...................................................1?10 The Display and Annunciators .....................................1?11

Keying in Numbers..........................................................1?14 Making Numbers Negative ........................................1?14 Exponents of Ten .......................................................1?14 Understanding Digit Entry...........................................1?15 Range of Numbers and OVERFLOW ............................1?16

Doing Arithmetic .............................................................1?16 One?Number Functions..............................................1?17 Two?Number Functions ..............................................1?17

Controlling the Display Format ..........................................1?18

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Periods and Commas in Numbers................................ 1?18 Number of Decimal Places ......................................... 1?19 SHOWing Full 12?Digit Precision................................ 1?20 Fractions........................................................................ 1?21 Entering Fractions...................................................... 1?21 Displaying Fractions .................................................. 1?23 Messages ...................................................................... 1?23 Calculator Memory ......................................................... 1?24 Checking Available Memory ...................................... 1?24 Clearing All of Memory ............................................. 1?24

2. RPN: The Automatic Memory Stack

What the Stack Is ............................................................. 2?1 The X and Y?Registers are in the Display ........................ 2?2 Clearing the X?Register................................................ 2?2 Reviewing the Stack..................................................... 2?3 Exchanging the X? and Y?Registers in the Stack .............. 2?4

Arithmetic ? How the Stack Does It ...................................... 2?4 How ENTER Works ..................................................... 2?5 How CLEAR x Works ................................................... 2?6

The LAST X Register ........................................................... 2?7 Correcting Mistakes with LAST X.................................... 2?8 Reusing Numbers with LAST X....................................... 2?9

Chain Calculations in RPN mode ...................................... 2?11 Work from the Parentheses Out ................................... 2?11 Exercises.................................................................. 2?13 Order of Calculation ................................................. 2?13 More Exercises ......................................................... 2?14

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3. Storing Data into Variables

Storing and Recalling Numbers ...........................................3?2 Viewing a Variable without Recalling It.................................3?3 Reviewing Variables in the VAR Catalog ...............................3?3 Clearing Variables ............................................................3?4 Arithmetic with Stored Variables ..........................................3?4

Storage Arithmetic .......................................................3?4 Recall Arithmetic .........................................................3?5 Exchanging x with Any Variable..........................................3?6 The Variable "i" ................................................................3?7

4. Real?Number Functions

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions .................................4?1 Quotient and Remainder of Division.....................................4?2 Power Functions ................................................................4?2 Trigonometry ....................................................................4?3

Entering ..................................................................4?3 Setting the Angular Mode.............................................4?4 Trigonometric Functions ................................................4?4 Hyperbolic Functions..........................................................4?6 Percentage Functions..........................................................4?6 Physics Constants ..............................................................4?8 Conversion Functions .........................................................4?9 Coordinate Conversions .............................................4?10 Time Conversions ......................................................4?12 Angle Conversions.....................................................4?13 Unit Conversions .......................................................4?13 Probability Functions........................................................4?14

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Factorial .................................................................. 4?14 Gamma................................................................... 4?14 Probability ............................................................... 4?14 Parts of Numbers ............................................................ 4?16 Names of Functions......................................................... 4?17

5. Fractions

Entering Fractions ............................................................. 5?1 Fractions in the Display...................................................... 5?2

Display Rules.............................................................. 5?2 Accuracy Indicators..................................................... 5?3 Longer Fractions.......................................................... 5?4 Changing the Fraction Display............................................ 5?4 Setting the Maximum Denominator ................................ 5?5 Choosing a Fraction Format.......................................... 5?5 Examples of Fraction Displays ....................................... 5?6 Rounding Fractions............................................................ 5?7 Fractions in Equations........................................................ 5?8 Fractions in Programs ........................................................ 5?9

6. Entering and Evaluating Equations

How You Can Use Equations .............................................. 6?1 Summary of Equation Operations........................................ 6?3 Entering Equations into the Equation List ............................... 6?4

Variables in Equations ................................................. 6?4 Numbers in Equations ................................................. 6?5 Functions in Equations.................................................. 6?5 Parentheses in Equations .............................................. 6?6 Displaying and Selecting Equations ..................................... 6?6

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Editing and Clearing Equations ...........................................6?7 Types of Equations.............................................................6?9 Evaluating Equations..........................................................6?9

Using ENTER for Evaluation ........................................6?11 Using XEQ for Evaluation ...........................................6?12 Responding to Equation Prompts ..................................6?12 The Syntax of Equations ...................................................6?13 Operator Precedence.................................................6?13 Equation Functions.....................................................6?15 Syntax Errors ............................................................6?18 Verifying Equations..........................................................6?18

7. Solving Equations

Solving an Equation...........................................................7?1 Understanding and Controlling SOLVE .................................7?5

Verifying the Result ......................................................7?6 Interrupting a SOLVE Calculation ...................................7?7 Choosing Initial Guesses for SOLVE................................7?7 For More Information .......................................................7?11

8. Integrating Equations Integrating Equations ( FN) ...............................................8?2

Accuracy of Integration ......................................................8?5 Specifying Accuracy ....................................................8?6 Interpreting Accuracy ...................................................8?6

For More Information .........................................................8?8

9. Operations with Complex Numbers

The Complex Stack............................................................9?1 Complex Operations .........................................................9?2

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Using Complex Numbers in Polar Notation........................... 9?5

10. Base Conversions and Arithmetic

Arithmetic in Bases 2, 8, and 16....................................... 10?2 The Representation of Numbers......................................... 10?4

Negative Numbers.................................................... 10?4 Range of Numbers .................................................... 10?5 Windows for Long Binary Numbers ............................. 10?6

11. Statistical Operations

Entering Statistical Data ................................................... 11?1 Entering One?Variable Data....................................... 11?2 Entering Two?Variable Data........................................ 11?2 Correcting Errors in Data Entry.................................... 11?2

Statistical Calculations ..................................................... 11?4 Mean...................................................................... 11?4 Sample Standard Deviation ........................................ 11?6 Population Standard Deviation .................................... 11?6 Linear Regression ...................................................... 11?7

Limitations on Precision of Data......................................... 11?9 Summation Values and the Statistics Registers ................... 11?10

Summation Statistics ................................................ 11?10 The Statistics Registers in Calculator Memory .............. 11?11 Access to the Statistics Registers ................................ 11?11

Part 2. Programming

12. Simple Programming

Designing a Program ...................................................... 12?3

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