Re: A89: AP Calculus
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Re: A89: AP Calculus
"he" is ofcourse my ti89. I have always seen him as a he.
I dont know.. I have always seen my computer equipment as male.
I know most (males at least) see their computer equipment as female.
I dont really care..
//Olle
Bryan Rabeler wrote:
>
> Who is "he"?
>
> Bryan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 3:12 AM
> Subject: Re: A89: AP Calculus
>
> >
> > I think the 89 fails slightly in its algebraic generaly..
> > take this simple one:
> >
> > ((x-x^3)/(x^3+x^2))/((x^2-2x+1)/(x^2-2x)) (example from a book I have)
> >
> > the 89 solves it very correctly to: -(x-2)/(x-1)
> >
> > but a much nicer way to write this is: (x-2)/(1-x)
> > and what is much more important,
> > he forgets to tell me that x can't be -1, 0 or 2.
> >
> > file://Olle
> >
> >
> >
> > Zoltan Kocsi wrote:
> > >
> > > > > sin^2(x)
> > > >
> > > > Um, try (sin(x))^2.
> > >
> > > Well, thanks :-)
> > > I know how to enter it to the calculator - I wasn't mentioning
> > > syntax errors, was I ? I wrote sin^2(x) because that's how a textbook
> > > would write it (at least the ones I read :-):
> > >
> > > 2
> > > sin x
> > >
> > > and I was talking about a trivial algebraic transformation, not actual
> > > numeric calculation.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Zoltan
> >
> >
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