Re: (85)Am I insane?
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I've seen this question answered many times in the group, you have to put
the number in parenthesis,e.g.
(-5) C->K = 268.15
This has to do with order of operations etc. so, no bug ;)
Craig & Brandee <bracra@davlin.net> wrote:
> I was performing some conversions from Celsius to Kelvin. Usually I
> simply add the value "273" to my celsius scale for the conversion. I
> happened to have been in the CONV screen and used the TEMP conversion
> Here is what happens:
> 5 C->K . . . = 278.15
> 1 C->K . . . = 274.15
> 0 C->K . . . = 273.15
> So far so good right but check this out!!!!
> do this:
> -1 C->K . . . = -274.15 (negative 274.15 mind you!!!)
> -5 C->K . . . = -278.15
> -0 C->K . . . = -273.15 (???!!??!?!??!)
> Yeah no big deal but is the a bug? Is this old news? It really does
> not affect my mathematical performance in Temp conversion but thought
> I'd share with the TI community.
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