HP (Hewlett-Packard) 17bII Calculator User Manual


 
44 2: Arithmetic
File name : English-M02-1-040308(Print).doc Print data : 2004/3/9
Pressing
@c
clears the history stack. Be careful if a menu is
active, because then
c
also erases the data associated with that
menu.
Keys: Display: Description:
75.55
-
32.63
=

150
/
7
=

42.92 moves out of
display.
Now, suppose you want to multiply 42.92 x 11. Using the history stack
saves you time.
]
 Moves 42.92 back to
calculator line.
*
11
=

Reusing the Last Result (
@L
)
The
@L
key copies the last result—that is, the number just above
the calculator line in the history stack—into a current calculation.
This lets you reuse a number without retyping it and also lets you break
up a complicated calculation.
+
+
39 8
123 17
Keys: Display: Description:
123
+
17
=
 Calculates 123 + 17.
@
v

Calculates 140 .
39
+
8
=/
@L

Copies 11.83 to the
calculator line.
=
 Completes the calculation.
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