HP 40gs hp 40gs_user's guide_English_E_HDPMSG40E07A.pdf - Page 22

hp40g+.book Page 10 Friday, December 9, 2005 1:03 AM Mode settings You use the Modes input form to set the modes for HOME. HINT Although the numeric setting in Modes affects only HOME, the angle setting controls HOME and the current aplet. The angle setting selected in Modes is the angle setting used in both HOME and current aplet. To further configure an aplet, you use the SETUP keys ( and ). Press form. MODES to access the HOME MODES input Setting Angle Measure Number Format Options Angle values are: Degrees. 360 degrees in a circle. Radians. 2π radians in a circle. Grads. 400 grads in a circle. The angle mode you set is the angle setting used in both HOME and the current aplet. This is done to ensure that trigonometric calculations done in the current aplet and HOME give the same result. The number format mode you set is the number format used in both HOME and the current aplet. Standard. Full-precision display. Fixed. Displays results rounded to a number of decimal places. Example: 123.456789 becomes 123.46 in Fixed 2 format. Scientific. Displays results with an exponent, one digit to the left of the decimal point, and the specified number of decimal places. Example: 123.456789 becomes 1.23E2 in Scientific 2 format. 1-10 Getting started