HP (Hewlett-Packard) 40gs Calculator User Manual


 
15-6 Equation Writer
this case, you have to press to select elements in the
expression.
The following illustration shows how an expression can
be viewed as a tree in the Equation Writer. It illustrates a
tree view of the expression:
Suppose that the cursor is positioned to the right of 3:
If you press once, the 3 component is selected.
If you press again, the selection moves up the
tree, with x + 3 now selected.
If you press again, the selection moves up the
tree, and now the entire expression is selected.
If you had pressed instead of when the
cursor was positioned to the right of 3, the leaves of
the branch get selected (that is, x + 3).
If you press again, the selection moves up the
tree, and now the entire expression is selected.
If you now press , just the numerator is selected.
If you now press again, the top-most branch
selected (that is, (5x + 3).
Continue pressing to select each top-most leaf in
turn (5x and then 5).
5x 3+()x 1()
x 3+
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