Re: TI 92 Errors


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Re: TI 92 Errors



Sorry, but it is by mathemcatical convention that
-2^2  is -4  not 4. The TI-92 is correct on this one.
-2^2 does not mean (-2)*(-2)  it means -(2*2).
The TI-92 is in error on 0^0, however, when it gives 1.

Good Luck

Gary Wardall



>Has anyone else experienced any calculation errors with the TI-92?
>
>I entered -28 raised to the 2d power and got -784.  Now anybody knows
>that a negative number multiplied by a negative number is a positive
>number.  On my wife's TI business calculator the same operation came
>out correct.  If I entered -28 x -28 the answer came out correct
>(784).


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