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This example will show how to limit the number of decimal places on display. It is useful especially when we do financial computations where we need to display only dollars and cents.
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Press MODE. Then, you will see this: |
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| Scroll down to FLOAT (means floating points). Say, we want only two decimal places on display. Scroll right to select 2. |
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| Press ENTER, and you will see this: |  |
Press 2ND and QUIT. Then, you will see a blank screen. |
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| Let’s divide 11 by 3. Then, it will look like this: |  |
| If we had not restricted the number of decimal places to 2, the display would look like this: |  |
| Keep in mind that, internally, the TI continues to keep the true value of 11/3. That is why, if we do further multiplication by 3, it would correctly return 11, not 3.67*3 = 11.01. |
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