Calculator User Manual

Chapter 20: A to Z Function and Instruction Reference
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DMS entry:
'
MATH ANGLE menu
In a trig calculation, the
result of a DMS entry is
treated as degrees in the
Degree
angle mode only. It
is treated as radians in
Radian
angle mode.
degrees
'
minutes
'
seconds
'
Designates the entered angle is in DMS format.
degrees
(

999,999),
minutes
(< 60), and
seconds
(< 60, may
have decimal places) must be entered as real numbers,
not as variable names or expressions.
Do not use
¡
and " symbols to specify
degrees
and
seconds
. For example, 5
¡
59' is interpreted as implied
multiplication of 5
¡
¹ 59' according to the current angle
mode setting.
54'32'30'
b
54.5416666667
In
Degree
angle mode:
cos 54'32'30'
b
.580110760699
In
Radian
angle mode:
cos 54'32'30'
b
L
.422502666138
Do not
use the following notation; in
Degree
angle mode:
5
¡
59'
b
295
4
DMS
MATH ANGLE menu
angle
4
DMS
Displays
angle
in DMS format. The result is shown in
degrees¡minutes
'
seconds"
format, even though you use
degrees
'
minutes
'
seconds
' to enter a DMS angle.
In
Degree
angle mode:
45.371
4
DMS
b
45
¡
22'15.6"
54'32'30'
¹
2
b
109.083333333
Ans
4
DMS
b
109
¡
5'0"
dot(
VECTR MATH menu
dot(
vectorA
,
vectorB
)
Returns the dot product of two real or complex vectors.
dot([a,b,c],[d,e,f])
returns
a
¹
d
+
b
¹
e
+
c
¹
f
.
dot([1,2,3],[4,5,6])
b
32
DrawDot
† graph format screen
DrawDot
Sets dot graphing format.