7-12
The dimensions of the desired box are 50
×
10
×
15 cm. If you ignored the upper
limit on the height (20 cm) and used initial estimates of 30 and 40 cm, you would
obtain a height of 42.0256 cm — a root that is physically meaningless. If you used
small initial estimates such as 0 and 10 cm, you would obtain a height of 2.9774
cm — producing an undesirably short, flat box.
If you don't know what guesses to use, you can use a graph to help understand the
behavior of the equation. Evaluate your equation for several values of the unknown.
For each point on the graph, display the equation and press
— at the
prompt for
x
enter the
x–coordinate,
and then obtain the corresponding value of the
equation, the
y–coordinate.
For the problem above, you would always set
V
= 7500
and vary the value of
H
to produce different values for the equation. Remember that
the value for this equation is the
difference
between the left and right sides of the
equation. The plot of the value of this equation looks like this.
For More Information
This chapter gives you instructions for solving for unknowns or roots over a wide
range of applications. Appendix D contains more detailed information about how
the algorithm for SOLVE works, how to interpret results, what happens when no
solution is found, and conditions that can cause incorrect results.
7500 _ (40_ ) (20_ ) 4
H
H
H
20,000
_10,000
50
H
_10
Summary of Contents for 35s
Page 1: ...HP 35s scientific calculator user s guide H Edition 1 HP part number F2215AA 90001 ...
Page 14: ...12 Contents ...
Page 15: ...Part 1 Basic Operation ...
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Page 46: ...1 30 Getting Started ...
Page 63: ...RPN The Automatic Memory Stack 2 17 A Solution ...
Page 64: ...2 18 RPN The Automatic Memory Stack ...
Page 74: ...3 10 Storing Data into Variables ...
Page 180: ...12 14 Statistical Operations ...
Page 181: ...Part 2 Programming ...
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Page 246: ...15 12 Solving and Integrating Programs ...
Page 270: ...16 24 Statistics Programs ...
Page 284: ...17 14 Miscellaneous Programs and Equations ...
Page 285: ...Part 3 Appendixes and Reference ...
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Page 308: ...B 8 User Memory and the Stack ...
Page 322: ...C 14 ALG Summary ...
Page 336: ...D 14 More about Solving ...
Page 346: ...E 10 More about Integration ...
Page 352: ...F 6 Messages ...
Page 370: ...G 18 Operation Index ...
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