Re: Factoring Does NOT work on the TI-89!
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Re: Factoring Does NOT work on the TI-89!
I am in Algebra II, not I. Anyway, is there a way to set the 89 not to
store the vars? This is my problem. The calc is storing the vars, so it does
the problem wrong. Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks,
Joe
capasso@cyberenet.net
On 31 Jan 1999 19:46:56 GMT, stl137@aol.com (STL137) wrote:
--><<Really, did you honestly think that it was going to fall over factoring a
-->simple quadratic expression? It is worrying when students rush to high
-->powered machines like the TI-89 and HP48 for something so basic that can and
-->should be solved with pencil and paper in a few seconds.>>
-->Good point. I don't think that anyone who hasn't finished Algebra I should
have
-->anything more than a TI-30X (to do simple arithmetic quickly). And then, I
-->don't think anyone who hasn't finished Calc I should have anything more than
a
-->TI-86. I have a TI-92+, and I'm darn glad I only recently got it. I've seen
-->how others who've had 92+s since Algebra I have gone through this process of
-->"dumbening": they can't do algebra without their 92+. Skills should be
mastered
-->before a calculator can do them faster for them. Having an 89 in Algebra
I...
-->it's not good.
-->
-->
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