CHAPTER 5. HOME SCREEN F-MENUS
5.2
F2: Algebra
Press
for the
Algebra menu
and scroll up and down to see all of the options.
This menu has many algebra-related commands and will be helpful in any mathematics course.
5.2.1
1: solve(
”solve(” will solve an equation and uses the format
solve
(
equation, variable
)
.
You must tell it for which variable it needs to solve. Do not forget the closing parenthesis ”)”.
Example:
Solve
x
2
−
3
x
= 4
. You need to enter
solve
(
x
2
−
3
x
= 4
, x
)
.
Type
, then
.
Example:
Solve
3
x
+ 4
y
= 8
for
y
. You need to enter
solve
(3
x
+ 4
y
= 8
, y
)
.
Type
, then
.
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