HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP 50g Calculator User Manual


 
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Addition and subtraction can be performed, in ALG mode, without using
parentheses, e.g., 5 m + 3200 mm, can be entered simply as
5_m + 3200_mm `.
More complicated expression require the use of parentheses, e.g.,
(12_mm)*(1_cm^2)/(2_s) `:
Stack calculations in the RPN mode do not require you to enclose the
different terms in parentheses, e.g.,
12 @@@m@@@ `1.5 @@yd@@ `*
3250 @@mi@@ `50 @@@h@@@ `/
These operations produce the following output:
Unit conversions
The UNITS menu contains a TOOLS sub-menu, which provides the
following functions:
Examples of function CONVERT are shown below. Examples of the other
UNIT/TOOLS functions are available in Chapter 3 of the calculator’s user’s
guide.
For example, to convert 33 watts to btu’s use either of the following entries:
CONVERT(33_W,1_hp) `
CONVERT(33_W,11_hp) `
CONVERT(x,y) convert unit object x to units of object y
UBASE(x) convert unit object x to SI units
UVAL(x) extract the value from unit object x
UFACT(x,y) factors a unit y from unit object x
UNIT(x,y) combines value of x with units of y
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