HP 40gs, User Manual

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Aplets and their views 2-19
Automatic
recalculation You can enter any new value in the X column. When you
press , the values for the dependent variables are
recalculated, and the entire table is regenerated with the
same interval between
X values.
Building your own table of numbers
The default NUMTYPE is “Automatic”, which fills the table
with data for regular intervals of the independent ( X , T ,
θ
,
or N ) variable. With the NUMTYPE option set to “Build
Your Own”, you fill the table yourself by typing in the
independent-variable values you want. The dependent
values are then calculated and displayed.
Build a table
1. Start with an expression defined (in Symbolic view) in
the aplet of your choice. Note: Function, Polar,
Parametric, and Sequence aplets only.
2. In the Numeric Setup (
NUM
), choose
NUMTYPE: Build Your Own .
3. Open the Numeric view ( ).
4. Clear existing data in the table (
CLEAR
).
5. Enter the independent values in the left-hand column.
Type in a number and press . You do not have
to enter them in order, because the function
can rearrange them. To insert a number between two
others, use
.
Clear data
Press
CLEAR
, to erase the data from a table.
F1 and F2
entries are
generated
automatically
You enter
numbers into
the X column
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