Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: TDSTRONG%MTUS5.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Tim Strong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: RE: Units problem.... Message-ID: <04699C2C60001D6E@gacvx2.gac.edu> Date: 18 Dec 90 16:27:05 GMT Lines: 30 To: handhelds@gac.edu Return-path: <@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU:TDSTRONG@MTUS5.BITNET> In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 18 Dec 1990 02:45 CST To: handhelds@gac.edu On Tue, 18 Dec 1990 02:45 CST >...The above are all correct. However, here is where things start getting >weird: > > > UBASE: 1_C^.5 = 1_A*s <-- 1_C^.5 == 1_C ?!?!?! > 1_F^.5 = 1_A*s^2/(kg*m) <-- why no SQROOT() for kg? > 1_V^.5 = 1_kg*m/(A*s^2) <-- why no SQROOT() for kg? > why no SQROOT() for A? > why (s^3)^.5 == s^2 ? >... > >kamido@zip.eecs.umich.edu >-- I believe quite som time ago it was mentioned that the HP48SX cannot handle fractional exponents in the units correctly. It just something that wasn't built in to the calculator. At least I believe thats how the discussion went. At the time I believe someone posted a work around technique. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy perhaps someone else does and will post it. Any takers? ====================================================================== ___ :__) _ _: _ _ TIM STRONG : \ (_: (_: (_: : Michigan Technological University ======================================================================