Texas Instruments 83PL/CLM/1L1/V - 83 Plus Calc, Manual Book

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TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 37
You can use the variable
Ans
to represent the last answer in most places.
Press
y Z
to copy the variable name
Ans
to the cursor location. When
the expression is evaluated, the TI-83 Plus uses the value of
Ans
in the
calculation.
Calculate the area of a garden plot 1.7 meters by 4.2 meters. Then calculate the yield
per square meter if the plot produces a total of 147 tomatoes.
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147
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Continuing an Expression
You can use
Ans
as the first entry in the next expression without entering
the value again or pressing
y Z
. On a blank line on the home
screen, enter the function. The TI-83 Plus pastes the variable name
Ans
to the screen, then the function.
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