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When doing the division in the mode APP Function using Home key
the result is 72000/1.5 = 48000.

However when doing 72000/(10*1.05) = 6857.14285714

Please tell me what I am missing.

Cheers!
10*1.05=10.5, not 1.5.
what are you missing?
simple maths:
10*1.05 = 10.5 != 1.5

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An HP71 in CALC mode would show you this right away. 8^)
I think the question is why dividing by a divisor that is 10 times bigger does not result in a quotient 10 times smaller.
It may simply be a typing mistake:
72000 / (10 * 1.5) = 4800 = 48000 / 10
The typing mistake is the use of 1.05 instead of 1.5
(03-14-2019 06:10 PM)MullenJohn Wrote: [ -> ]When doing the division in the mode APP Function using Home key
the result is 72000/1.5 = 48000.

However when doing 72000/(10*1.05) = 6857.14285714

Please tell me what I am missing.

Cheers!

What are you missing? R P N!!!
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