TI-83 vs. TI-89. NO! it's not the terminator.
08-11-2004, 09:17 PM
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TI-83 vs. TI-89. NO! it's not the terminator.
hey guys,
like most students out there, i have a TI-83 PLUS calc. I'm thinking about getting a TI-89 and giving the 83 to a cousin. I hear that the TI-89 is faster, holds more memory, and that it can INTEGRATE!!!! haha.
if it really is faster and if there are a lot more functions and graphing capabilities, i'll order one right now.
thanks for any input.
-jeff
like most students out there, i have a TI-83 PLUS calc. I'm thinking about getting a TI-89 and giving the 83 to a cousin. I hear that the TI-89 is faster, holds more memory, and that it can INTEGRATE!!!! haha.
if it really is faster and if there are a lot more functions and graphing capabilities, i'll order one right now.
thanks for any input.
-jeff
08-11-2004, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Crisisback
I have one, it can integrate / differentiate and all that good stuff once you figure out how to use it.
pretty easy. there's shortcut keys that you press it to get nDeriv or the actual integral sign.
so you press the key it'll show up on the calc like::
nDeriv(
punch in formula:
nDeriv(3x^2, x)
and it'll give you the answer, same with integrals.
08-11-2004, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by escaflowne
I hear that the TI-89 is faster, holds more memory, and that it can INTEGRATE!!!! haha.
if it really is faster and if there are a lot more functions and graphing capabilities, i'll order one right now.
thanks for any input.
-jeff
if it really is faster and if there are a lot more functions and graphing capabilities, i'll order one right now.
thanks for any input.
-jeff
yes it can do all that, but dont count on using that calculator during tests. I know teachers allow calculators and some nicer ones also allow graphing calcs. Any graphing calc EXCEPT that one due to all it's capabilities.
08-11-2004, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AzN121184
yes it can do all that, but dont count on using that calculator during tests. I know teachers allow calculators and some nicer ones also allow graphing calcs. Any graphing calc EXCEPT that one due to all it's capabilities.
yeh. that's a concern. i'm actually thinking about using it during my SAT IIs and AP calc test.
i checked out amazon and saw a Ti-89 TITANIUM edition. Thing is BUTT ugly, but it's got 3X as much memory and a lot more functions. it also has a built in USB. cool stuff.
um.... could i ask which highschool/colleges don't let you use it? thanks a lot.
if i'm not going to be able to use it, it'd be a waste of money.
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Originally Posted by AzN121184
yes it can do all that, but dont count on using that calculator during tests. I know teachers allow calculators and some nicer ones also allow graphing calcs. Any graphing calc EXCEPT that one due to all it's capabilities.
I know all my math and physics and chemistry professors in college did not allow the use of any calculators, well physics and chemistty only allowed simple calculators with no memory functions. So if you are looking ahead to college it might not be wise to spend some coin on a graphing calculator if your are not gonna be able to use it.
As for upper division math and engineering I wouldn't know about the use of graphing calculators, I think my friend was allowed to use one...so you may wanna wait to buy a graphing calculator.
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08-11-2004, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by escaflowne
yeh. that's a concern. i'm actually thinking about using it during my SAT IIs and AP calc test.
i checked out amazon and saw a Ti-89 TITANIUM edition. Thing is BUTT ugly, but it's got 3X as much memory and a lot more functions. it also has a built in USB. cool stuff.
um.... could i ask which highschool/colleges don't let you use it? thanks a lot.
if i'm not going to be able to use it, it'd be a waste of money.
i checked out amazon and saw a Ti-89 TITANIUM edition. Thing is BUTT ugly, but it's got 3X as much memory and a lot more functions. it also has a built in USB. cool stuff.
um.... could i ask which highschool/colleges don't let you use it? thanks a lot.
if i'm not going to be able to use it, it'd be a waste of money.
i go to chabot. The main purpose i have the graphing calc is for homework (if i ever do it
) but yea.talk to me on aim if you would like: azn121184
08-11-2004, 10:49 PM
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all i can say is that i love my ti-89 and am very glad that i bought it.
although it sucks now that they banned all calculators that have text editing capabilities for the PE exams
although it sucks now that they banned all calculators that have text editing capabilities for the PE exams
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ti-85.
hahahaha... i feel like impala... my ti's 13-14 years old
as for using calculators in college, depending on the school, i'd say for the most part, calculators aren't needed. hell, we were given most of our formulas on every exam. the problem is: the questions go beyond knowing formulas. it involves deriving new ones, and taking that common knowledge and learning how to apply it to something else...
hahahaha... i feel like impala... my ti's 13-14 years old
as for using calculators in college, depending on the school, i'd say for the most part, calculators aren't needed. hell, we were given most of our formulas on every exam. the problem is: the questions go beyond knowing formulas. it involves deriving new ones, and taking that common knowledge and learning how to apply it to something else...
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At Davis most classes have figured out a way to phase out graphing calculators, esp. the TI-89's. I've only had one class that let me use graphing calculators and even then the prof. said "no TI-89's".
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Originally Posted by babysmurf
as for using calculators in college, depending on the school, i'd say for the most part, calculators aren't needed. .