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Re: 50g- How do you convert decimals into fractions?

2007-05-10 by Keith Fix

Very cool!

Note, you can get fractions that are _not quite_ the number you expect.

Still, this is an excellent function. We gotta get this calculator
back on the Professional Engineers Exam approved list!

--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "Juan C." <jcbuchin@...> wrote:
>
> There is one function that is very useful in your HP 50g, it is the XQ 
> function; in RPN after you get a result that comes in decimal form, 
> press X [ALPHA] Q [ENTER] the function look for a fraction form for 
> that number, a combination of a fraction and PI or a irrational form 
> like square_root(1/2). So go ahead a experiment with that function.
>

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