Re: wp34s Adding decimals to fractions Message #9 Posted by Norman Dziedzic on 3 May 2011, 12:56 a.m., in response to message #8 by Walter B
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That's inconsistent. By plain and simple logic, 5/8 shall be entered as .5.8 - 5..8 enters 5 0/8 !
For better or worse, it is consistent with the 32sII manual ;-) Perhaps the developers of the 32sII realized that there is virtually no need to ever key in a fraction with numerator of 0.
HOWEVER, this input method which I'm choosing to call a short cut does not work on the 35s. (Yes I know it is technically not a short cut since it is the same number of keystrokes as . 5 . 8 but it is easier to key in because of the repeated .).
Working on a my 32sII with FDISP on.
Keypress Display
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5 5_
. 5._
. 5/_
8 5/8_
<ENTER> 0 5/8
I guess the major question is whether or not the 32SII should be followed exactly or not. If you want to duplicate the 32SII then I highly recommend reading chapter 5 of the 32SII manual which is on the Museum DVDs.
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