Page 2 - Table of Contents
Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 0 of48 Table of Contents Turning the Calculator On and Off............................1Alternate Functions...................................................1Display .....................................
Page 4 - Display; Entry Line; Scrolling
2 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 2 of48 Display The TI-36X ü has a two-line display. The first line ( Entry Line ) displays an entry of up to 88 digits or items (47 for Stat or Stored Operations). Entries begin on the left; those w...
Page 6 - Action depends on position of the cursor.; Error; message is displayed,; Ans
4 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 4 of48 Clearing, Correcting, and Resetting Key Action 4 Action depends on position of the cursor. • If cursor is in the middle of an entry,clears character under the cursor andall characters to the ...
Page 7 - Display Indicators
5 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 5 of48 Display Indicators Special indicators may appear in the display to provideadditional information about functions or results. Indicator Meaning 2nd 2nd function is active. FIX Calculator is ro...
Page 8 - Order of Operations
6 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 6 of48 Order of Operations The TI-36X ü uses EOS è (Equation Operating System) to evaluate expressions. Order Evaluation 1st Expressions inside parentheses. 2nd Functions which need a ) and precede ...
Page 10 - Examples
8 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 8 of48 ³ Examples 5 < 9 : 6 ; 2 V 5 è 9+6-2 ß 49. DEG 5 < N 9 : 6 O ; 2 V 5 è (9+6)-2 ß 73. DEG W 8 8 7 < Ans ñ 8.7 ß 8.390804598 DEG % t " " " " F0123456789 DEG V Ans ñ 8.7...
Page 11 - Percent; To calculate a percent, press
9 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 9 of48 Percent To calculate a percent, press %l after entering a value. ³ Problem A mining company mines 5000 tons of ore having a3-percent concentration of metal, 7300 tons having a2.3-percent conc...
Page 12 - Fractions; Enters a fraction. Press
10 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 10 of48 Fractions Fractional calculations can display fractional or decimalresults. Results are automatically simplified. 1 Enters a fraction. Press 1 after entering whole number, and betweennumera...
Page 13 - O V
11 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 11 of48 Exponents, Roots, and Reciprocals P Calculates the square of a value. K Raises a value to any power within the rangeof the calculator. If the number is negative,the power must be an integer...
Page 14 - Notation; Numeric Notation
12 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 12 of48 Notation %Z displays the Numeric Notation mode menu. • FLO (default): Displays results in floating notation, with digits to the left and right of the decimal point. • SCI : Displays results...
Page 15 - Pi; Fix
13 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 13 of48 Pi 5 enters the value of p . It is stored internally to 13 digits ( 3.141592653590) and displayed to 10 digits ( 3.141592654). When multiplying p by a number, you do not need to press < ...
Page 16 - Memory
14 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 14 of48 Memory The TI - 36X ü has five memory variables. You can store a real number or an expression that results in areal number to a memory variable. For storing complexnumbers to memory, see pa...
Page 18 - Stored Operations
16 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 16 of48 Stored Operations The TI-36X ü stores two operations, Op1 and Op2 . To store an operation to Op1 or Op2 and recall it: 1. Press %b or %c . 2. Enter the operation, beginning with an operator...
Page 20 - Logarithms; log
18 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 18 of48 Logarithms %d displays a menu of log functions. log Yields the common logarithm of a number. 10 ^ Raises 10 to the power you specify. ln Yields the logarithm of a number to the base e (e= 2...
Page 22 - Trigonometric Functions; displays a menu of the trigonometric functions
20 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 20 of48 Trigonometric Functions e displays a menu of the trigonometric functions ( sin , sin -1 , cos , cos -1 , tan , tan -1 ). Press " or ! to select the desired function, enter the value, an...
Page 23 - Problem; tan
21 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 21 of48 ³ Problem Find angle a in the right triangle below. Then find thelength of the hypotenuse h and angle b. Measurementsof length and height are in meters. Round off results toone decimal plac...
Page 24 - Angle Modes; DMS; V V
22 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 22 of48 Angle Modes / displays a menu to specify the angle unit modifier for an entry: degrees ( é ), radians ( r ), grads ( g ), or DMS ( é ê ë ). It also lets you convert an angle to DMS Notation...
Page 25 - åñ
23 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 23 of48 & displays a menu ( DEG RAD GRD ) to express angle measurements in degrees (default), radians, orgrads, respectively. ³ Problem You probably know that 30 é = å /6 radians. In the defaul...
Page 27 - Hyperbolic Functions; displays a menu of hyperbolic functions
25 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 25 of48 Hyperbolic Functions %m displays a menu of hyperbolic functions ( sinh , sinh -1 , cosh , cosh -1 , tanh , tanh -1 ). Angle modes do not affect hyperbolic calculations. ³ Problem Given the ...
Page 28 - Metric Conversions; òé
26 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 26 of48 Metric Conversions Press . to access a menu of 20 conversions from the metric system into the English system and viceversa. Scroll through the choices with " and ! and select with V .To...
Page 29 - km; Þé; Ethyl alcohol freezes at
27 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 27 of48 ³ Problem Convert 10 kilometers into miles. Then convert 50 milesinto kilometers. Round results to two decimal places. 1 0 . " " " Ý km ò mile & DEG V V % t 2 10 km Þ mile ß...
Page 30 - Physical Constants; Constant
28 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 28 of48 Physical Constants Press %] to access a menu of 16 physical constants. Scroll through the choices with " and ! . Constant Value c speed of light 299792458 meters per second g gravitatio...
Page 31 - c g h N; The height of the building is 60 meters or 197 feet.
29 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 29 of48 ³ Problem A brick falls off the roof of a building and hits thesidewalk 3.5 seconds later. Find the height of thebuilding in meters and then in feet, rounded off to thenearest whole number....
Page 32 - Integrals; CALC
30 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 30 of48 Integrals The TI-36X ü performs numerical integration using Simpson’s Rule. To prepare for an integral, store thelower limit in memory variable A , the upper limit in memory B , and the num...
Page 34 - Probability
32 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 32 of48 Probability Press %6 to access a menu of functions. nPr Calculates the number of possible permutations of n items taken r at a time. The order of objects is important, as in a race. nCr Cal...
Page 35 - n objects taken r at; nCr; on the
33 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 33 of48 ³ Problem Compute n! r!(n-r)! where n=52 and r=5. 5 2 % 6 " " nPr nCr ! Þ DEG V 52! ß DEG = N 5 % 6 " " V < N 5 2 ; 5 O % 6 " " O V 52! ñ (5! è (52 & ß 259896...
Page 36 - Statistics; LIN; STAT; You can enter up to 42 points or data pairs.
34 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 34 of48 Statistics %f displays a menu. 1-VAR Analyzes data from 1 set of data with 1measured variable: x. LIN Analyzes paired data with 2 measuredvariables: x, the independent variable, and y, the ...
Page 41 - Boolean Logic Operations; Press; Function Effect on Each Bit of the Result; Except for; and; and or xor
39 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 39 of48 Boolean Logic Operations Press - to access a menu of Boolean Logic operations. Function Effect on Each Bit of the Result AND 0 AND 0 = 0 0 AND 1 = 0 1 AND 1 = 1 OR 0 OR 0 = 0 0 OR 1 = 1 1 O...
Page 42 - Note; : Normally you should; D E F
40 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 40 of48 Number-System Modes Number system modes are second functions of keys. %| Selects decimal mode (default). When thecalculator is in another number mode,press %| to return the calculator to de...
Page 43 - Complex Numbers
41 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 41 of48 ³ Problem Add 456+125 in base 8 and in hexadecimal. Thenreturn the calculator to decimal mode and do the sameaddition. % ~ 4 5 6 : 1 2 5 V 456+125 ß 603 OCT DEG % } # V 456+125 ß 57b HEX DE...
Page 44 - conj; Returns the conjugate of a complex number.; real; Returns the real part of a complex number.; imag; Returns the absolute value of a number.; conj real
42 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 42 of48 Press %\ to access a menu. conj Returns the conjugate of a complex number. real Returns the real part of a complex number. imag Returns the imaginary part of a complexnumber. abs Returns th...
Page 45 - Error Conditions
43 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 43 of48 Error Conditions When Error appears in the display, the calculator will not accept a keyboard entry until you press 4 or %r . Press 4 once to clear the error message and return to the entry...
Page 47 - In Case of Difficulty; MEM CLEARED; Battery Replacement; Caution
45 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 45 of48 In Case of Difficulty Review instructions to be certain calculations wereperformed properly. Press T and 4 simultaneously to reset. When released, memory and settings are cleared, and MEM C...
Page 48 - Service Information; TI Product and Services Information
46 Ti36eng1.doc TI-36X II Manual Linda Bower Revised:01/10/03 10:47 AM Printed: 01/10/03 10:47 AM Page 46 of48 Service Information TI Product and Services Information For more information about TI products and services,contact TI by e-mail or visit the TI calculator home pageon the world-wide web. e...