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Casio fx -5000F - Exponents
01-16-2016, 02:44 PM (This post was last modified: 01-16-2016 02:46 PM by jebem.)
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(01-15-2016 08:08 PM)damaltor Wrote:  If the machine has two different algorithms, it should be able to decide by itself which one to use... I dont know why that was made.

It seems to have two algorithms here.This is why the fx-5000F have two different functions from the keyboard: One for real and other for integer values.

In fact there are more key functions available that could be considered redundant as well, if you consider the 10^x or the x^2 keys.
This is not exclusive of this calculator model. Manufacturers like to include direct, some times redundant, access to functions for what they believed were the most popular at the time.

As explained in the link from Wikipedia, x^n is a simple operation of multiplying x n times and can be done with a very simple algorithm, saving power and be faster than other methods.

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Casio fx -5000F - Exponents - Pekis - 01-11-2016, 09:02 AM
RE: Casio fx -5000F - Exponents - damaltor - 01-15-2016, 07:04 AM
RE: Casio fx -5000F - Exponents - jebem - 01-15-2016, 05:39 PM
RE: Casio fx -5000F - Exponents - damaltor - 01-15-2016, 08:08 PM
RE: Casio fx -5000F - Exponents - jebem - 01-16-2016 02:44 PM
RE: Casio fx -5000F - Exponents - damaltor - 01-15-2016, 09:30 PM
RE: Casio fx -5000F - Exponents - damaltor - 01-16-2016, 10:11 AM
RE: Casio fx -5000F - Exponents - damaltor - 01-16-2016, 03:27 PM



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