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- From: curtiws@wkuvx1.bitnet
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: ->Qpi question and problem..
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.182224.2321@wkuvx1.bitnet>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 23:22:24 GMT
- References: <1992Sep11.222849.2317@wkuvx1.bitnet> <BuHDG1.MJw@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
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- In article <BuHDG1.MJw@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, ahern@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Sean Ahern) writes:
- > In <1992Sep11.222849.2317@wkuvx1.bitnet> curtiws@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
- >
- >>Hi there,
- >> Is it a bug or am i imagining things?i noticed in my calculus class
- >>that ->Qpi doesnt work on decimals that end up being,pi/2 or pi/3
- >>if its something like 2pi/3 thats fine but not single multiples of pi
- >>in the numerator?does anyone know why this occurs?my old 28s's program
- >>->Qpi handles these fine(i guess ill transfer that one over before i
- >>sell my 28...).
- >
- > Try using the FIX setting on the HP. You may have some rounding errors that
- > might mess up ->Qpi.
- >
- > On my hp48 in STD mode:
- > 1.5707963268 ->Qpi becomes '573204/364913'
- >
- > On it in 10 FIX mode:
- > 1.5707963268 ->Qpi becomes '1/2*pi'
- >
- > Hope this helps.
- > --
- > Sean Ahern------------------ahern@cs.purdue.edu----------------Purdue University
- > Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it long enough.
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- Thanks,
- This helps alot
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