Pwrs of 10 with Calc. Keys...

[North_Star]

Hello ppl,

An applied elec. text has a refresher math chapter in which the author illustrates working out *engineering notation*.

Author endorses using what's now a legacy TI calc, the TI-35X for this purpose, one said to display exp. pwrs as noted in the *att'd pic*.

Having experimented with a handful of sci. calc. *apps* (incl. an emu), I Q. if any render longhand notation as shown.

 

[Dr.Peterson]

It isn't clear what you are asking (or just saying?), in part due to your overuse of abbreviations.

Are you saying that you don't think any calculators display scientific notation clearly? (Some are clearer than others, but some do come very close to what you show.) Or are you just asking to see exactly what the TI-35X actually displays, or something else? And how old is this textbook?

 

[North_Star]

It isn't clear what you are asking (or just saying?), in part due to your overuse of abbreviations.

Are you saying that you don't think any calculators display scientific notation clearly? (Some are clearer than others, but some do come very close to what you show.) Or are you just asking to see exactly what the TI-35X actually displays, or something else? And how old is this textbook?

Clearly, we live in a world of abbrev's, lacking time and space to fit it all (note the keys on a calc. or keyboard as one example).

To clarify, I ponder if there's in fact a calc., physical or virtual, that formats a string to denote a 10th pwr as shown in the snippet, viz. '123 * 10⁴.'

 

[Dr.Peterson]

To clarify, I ponder if there's in fact a calc., physical or virtual, that formats a string to denote a 10th pwr as shown in the snippet, viz. '123 * 10⁴.'

(You mean "power of 10", not "10th power", right?)

Sure. How far have you looked? And how precisely must it look like that? If you'd said why it matters to you, we'd have a better idea what you want.

Here's one I have right in front of me:



Is that what you're looking for?

 

[North_Star]

(You mean "power of 10", not "10th power", right?)

Sure. How far have you looked? And how precisely must it look like that? If you'd said why it matters to you, we'd have a better idea what you want.

Here's one I have right in front of me:

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Is that what you're looking for?

It lives! It even has a dedicated keypad button.