Re: A better calculator, for what?


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Re: A better calculator, for what?



I bought the ti89 because it was my first graphing calculator and I thought
the new one would be more like the calculators would be in the future.  Just
like I bought a computer with a Windows operating system instead of a DOS
operating system.  Now that I have this calculator I can say I like
something about it that I don't think I can do with other calculators (I'm
not really sure because I never learned how to use the other one's).  I can
go back and steal other equations and put them back in the, for lack of a
better term, "command line" and change the variables.  Also for Two
Dimensional Kinematics in Physics I need variables from one dimension for
the other.  It's also good to be able to see the mistakes that I did during
a test and quickly change the wrong variables to the correct ones while the
clock is ticking.   Can you do that with any of the other ones?  If not, is
that a good reason for me to like the 89?

Ladnor Geissinger wrote in message <36111741.482DD680@math.unc.edu>...
>I would like to hear from those who make strong recommendations in favor
>of the 86 or 89 or 92 - and not just one-liners, but carefully thought
>out, detailed responses. And don't tell me about games, I'm only
>interested in arguments about calculator use for learning and doing math
>in school and college.


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