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Order of Operations
The TI-36X
ü
uses EOS
è
(Equation Operating
System) to evaluate expressions.
Order
Evaluation
1st
Expressions inside parentheses.
2nd
Functions which need a ) and precede the
argument, such as
sin
,
log
, and all
R
/
P
menu items; Boolean Logic
NOT
and
2’s
complement.
3rd
Fractions.
4th
Functions that are entered after the argument,
such as x
2
and angle unit modifiers (
é
ê
ë
r g
);
metric conversions.
5th
Exponentiation (^) and roots (
x
‡
).
6th
Negation (
L
).
7th
Permutations (
nPr
) and combinations (
nCr
).
8th
Multiplication, implied multiplication, division.
9th
Addition and subtraction.
10th
Boolean logic
AND
.
11th
Boolean logic
XOR
and
OR
.
12th
Conversions (
4
A
b
/
c
/
d
/
e
,
4
F
/
D,
4
DMS
).
13th
V
completes all operations and closes all
open parentheses.
You can change the order of operations by enclosing
expressions in parentheses.
