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Chapter 15: Equation Solving
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Storing Equation Coefficients and Results to Variables
♦
To store coefficients
a
1,1
;
a
1,2
;...;
a
n
,
n
to an
n
×
n
matrix, select
STOa
.
♦
To store solutions
b
1
,b
2
,...,
b
n
to a vector of dimension
n
, select
STOb
.
♦
To store the results
x
1
,
x
2
,...,
x
n
to a vector of dimension
n
, select
STOx
.
To store a single value on the coefficients-entry screen or result screen, follow these steps.

Move the cursor to the = sign next to the
coefficient or result you want to store.
#

Display the variable
Name=
prompt.
ALPHA-lock is on.

Enter the variable to which you want to
store the value.

Store the value. The variable name
becomes an item on the
VARS REAL
screen or
VARS CPLX
screen.
X
ã
R
ä ã
E
ä ã
S
ä ã
U
ä ã
L
ä
ã
T
ä
1
2
b
To return to the coefficients-entry screen, where you can edit coefficients and calculate
new solutions, select
COEFS
from the
SIMULT RESULT
menu.
To switch to the coefficients-
entry screen, select
COEFS
from the
SIMULT RESULT
menu.
To solve equations
simultaneously on the home
screen or in a program,
select
simult(
from the
CATALOG
.