RE: TIB: int() error in TI-83?

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Subject: RE: TIB: int() error in TI-83?
From: "Matthew" <mobets@flash.net>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 21:22:23 -0600
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as far as the calc is conserned,
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3root(125)=4.9  ,it rounds this to 5 when it gives you the answer
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int(4.9)=4   takes the never ending 9's off of the 4

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> 
> In a message dated 98-10-20 17:08:17 EDT, you write:
> 
> << why does:
>  3root(125) return 5 but
>  int(3root(125)) return 4?
>  (3root = cube root operator)
>  
>  That seems like a fairly straight forward piece of math to me... 
> iPart does
>  the same. I can do:
>  3root(125)->X 
>  and X will return 5, but:
>  int(x)
>  returns 4!
>  
>  On the other hand, if I do:
>  5->X
>  int(X) will return 5 as it should.
>  
>  Is my calculator losing its mind? Or is it just me? :) >>
>

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Re: TIB: int() error in TI-83?

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