Re: Another Factoring Problem that will not work on the TI-89
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Re: Another Factoring Problem that will not work on the TI-89
In article <#mCiiuMT#GA.237@upnetnews05>,
pmcginn@email.msn.com ("Patrick McGinn") wrote:
] > On my TI-89 factor(49-36*d^2) gives me -851
] >On my HP48GX it gives me -((6*D-7)*(6*D+7))
] >why are they different? SOME problems do factor correctly for me on the
] >TI-89....
] >Help! How do I fix my TI-89.... ?? Please e-mail me..
] >capasso@cyberenet.net
]
] OK, once again, USE THE PARANTHESIS!!!
Sorry, this has nothing at all to do with parentheses. His factoring is
failing because he already has a value stored in the variable d, so the
calculator is evaluating the expression using the value of d it knows abaout.
It has nothing to factorize.
] "Oh man, that guy isn't using enough parantheses!"
Yeah, right!
Dick
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