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Last Answer When an expression is evaluated successfully from the Home screen or from a program, the TI.82 stores the answer to a variable, Ans (Last Answer). Ans may be a real number, a list, or a matrix. When you turn the TI.82 off, the value in Ans is retained in memory. Using Ans in an Expression You can use the variable Ans to represent the last answer in most places. Press y ãANSä and the variable name Ans is copied to the cursor location. When the expression is evaluated, the TI.82 uses the value of Ans in the calculation.  Calculate the area of a garden plot 1.7 meters by 4.2 meters. Then calculate the yield per square meter if the plot produces a total of 147 tomatoes. 1.7 ¯ 4.2 Í 147 ¥ y ãANSä Í Continuing an Expression You can use the value in Ans as the first entry in the next expression without entering the value again or pressing y ãANSä. On the blank line on the Home screen, enter the function. The TI.82 "types" the variable name Ans followed by the function.  5¥2 Í ¯ 9.9 Í Storing Answers To store an answer, store Ans to a variable before you evaluate another expression.  Calculate the area of a circle of radius 5 meters. Then calculate the volume of a cylinder of radius 5 meters and height 3.3 meters and store in the variable V. y ãpä 5 ¡ Í ¯ 3.3 Í ¿ ƒ V Í 1-16 Operating the TI.82

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Operating the TI
.
82
Last Answer
When an expression is evaluated successfully from the Home screen or from a
program, the TI
.
82 stores the answer to a variable, Ans (Last Answer). Ans may
be a real number, a list, or a matrix. When you turn the TI
.
82 off, the value in Ans
is retained in memory.
Using Ans in an Expression
You can use the variable
Ans
to represent the last answer in most places.
Press
y
ã
ANS
ä
and the variable name
Ans
is copied to the cursor location.
When the expression is evaluated, the TI
.
82 uses the value of
Ans
in the
calculation.
Calculate the area of a garden plot 1.7 meters by 4.2 meters. Then calculate
the yield per square meter if the plot produces a total of 147 tomatoes.
1.7
¯
4.2
Í
147
¥
y
ã
ANS
ä
Í
Continuing an Expression
You can use the value in
Ans
as the first entry in the next expression
without entering the value again or pressing
y
ã
ANS
ä
. On the blank line on
the Home screen, enter the function. The TI
.
82 “types” the variable name
Ans
followed by the function.
5
¥
2
Í
¯
9.9
Í
Storing Answers
To store an answer, store
Ans
to a variable before you evaluate another
expression.
Calculate the area of a circle of radius 5 meters. Then calculate the volume
of a cylinder of radius 5 meters and height 3.3 meters and store in the
variable
V
.
y
ãpä
5
¡
Í
¯
3.3
Í
¿
ƒ
V
Í
±
±
±