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September 15th, 2009, 01:38 PM
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I am trying to get my calculator to answer 3.00X10E8 / 5.22x10E-7
It keeps giving me a syntax error
I know I'm doing something silly wrong, it was working last night LOL
Please help
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September 15th, 2009, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by kuliraga  I am trying to get my calculator to answer 3.00X10E8 / 5.22x10E-7
It keeps giving me a syntax error
I know I'm doing something silly wrong, it was working last night LOL
Please help
K | Hi kuliraga, You might have used the subtract sign instead of the negative sign located at the bottom right of your TI-83. Enter it this way: (3.00 * 10^8) / (5.22 * 10^-7) Be sure to use the 'negative' key for -7, not the subtract key.
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September 15th, 2009, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kuliraga I am trying to get my calculator to answer 3.00X10E8 / 5.22x10E-7
It keeps giving me a syntax error
I know I'm doing something silly wrong, it was working last night LOL
Please help
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September 15th, 2009, 08:06 PM
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That was immensely helpful .. I knew it was something silly and stupid ...
/\ and the (-) not the - gotcha!
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