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An introduction to HP apps
Much of the functionality of the HP Prime is provided in packages
called HP apps. The HP Prime comes with 18 HP apps: 10
dedicated to mathematical topics or tasks, three specialized
Solvers, three function Explorers, a spreadsheet, and an app for
recording data streamed to the calculator from an external
sensing device. You launch an app by first pressing
I (which
displays the Application Library screen) and tapping on the
icon for the app you want.
What each app enables you to do is outlined in the following,
where the apps are listed in alphabetical order.
App name Use this app to:
Advanced
Graphing
Explore the graphs of symbolic open
sentences in x and y. Example:
DataStreamer Collect real-world data from scientific
sensors and export it to a statistics app for
analysis.
Finance Solve time-value-of-money (TVM) problems
and amortization problems.
Function Explore real-valued, rectangular functions
of y in terms of x. Example:
Geometry Explore geometric constructions and
perform geometric calculations.
Inference Explore confidence intervals and
hypothesis tests based on the Normal and
Student’s t-distributions.
Linear Explorer Explore the properties of linear equations
and test your knowledge.
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2
y
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