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6–10 Entering and Evaluating Equations
Because many equations have two sides separated by "=", the basic value of an
equation is the
difference between the values of the two sides. For this calculation,
"=" in an equation essentially treated as "
". The value is a measure of how well
the equation balances.
The HP 33s has two keys for evaluating equations:
and
X
. Their
actions differ only in how they evaluate assignment equations:

X
returns the value of the equation, regardless of the type of equation.


returns the value of the equation — unless it's an assignment–type
equation. For an assignment equation,
returns the value of the right
side only, and also "enters" that value into the variable on the left side — it
stores the value in the variable.
The following table shows the two ways to evaluate equations.
Type of Equation Result for Result for X
Equality: g(x) = f(x)
Example: x
2
+ y
2
= r
2
g(x) f(x)
x
2
+ y
2
r
2
Assignment: y = f(x)
Example: A = 0.5
×
b x h
f(x)
¼
0.5
×
b
×
h
¼
yf(x)
A
– 0.5
×
b
×
h
Expression: f(x)
Example: x
3
+ 1
f(x)
x
3
+ 1
¼
Also stores the result in the left–hand variable, A for example.
To evaluate an equation:
1.
Display the desired equation. (See "Displaying and Selecting Equations"
above.)
2. Press
or
X
. The equation prompts for a value for each variable
needed. (If you've changed the number base, it's automatically changed back
to base 10.)
3. For each prompt, enter the desired value:

If the displayed value is good, press
g
.

If you want a different value, type the value and press
g
. (Also see
"Responding to Equation Prompts" later in this chapter.)
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