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From: rodmur@csuchico.edu (Dale Andrew Harris)
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Subject: Re: HP 48sx 'Q' weirdness
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Date: 14 Mar 90 00:59:51 GMT
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In article <1990Mar13.140026.409@hellgate.utah.edu> pete%slack.uucp@cs.utah.edu (Pete Ashdown) writes:
>
>Another small, cute, story.  I had a Calculus final today.  I didn't bother to
>study any of the conic sections stuff because 'my calculator can now grunge
>that stuff'.  Well, I came across a problem that was of the 'draw the
>hyperbola' type.  I entered the equation, shifted to polar, changed the plot
>type to polar and did the DRAW.  BAM! A few seconds later it came back to tell
>me that it couldn't handle it because of a '^ unknown variable' error.  I

Too bad.  I'd say always study, never know what might go wrong.  Besides 
someday you may have to use that experiance with conics, especially if
you're majoring in any technical or scientific field.

														Dale A. Harris
														INTERNET: rodmur@csuchico.edu

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