Help please, calculator tips needed- BAII Plus to find quadratic roots

[jas66Kent]

lol They actually let you use calcs with financial functions?

What a crock. We can't use them over here in the UK

[Byram]

Originally Posted by Londondrug

How do you type it into XS? The fastest way.

Still the same, using quadratic formula. It's a lot easier to type equations into the 30X though, and it shows you all of your work at once.

[ebeebs]

lol how hard is it to just type in the formula? it's not even a long one
if you want you can store your values as a, b, and c to make the equation look nicer on your calculator screen. If you're in mathprint mode you can do it all in 1 shot and make it nice and pretty but if you're looking for a button where it will just ask you to input a b and c then have it spit out the answers you're outta luck.

[actuary_aspire]

Originally Posted by jas66Kent

lol They actually let you use calcs with financial functions?

What a crock. We can't use them over here in the UK

http://www.actuaries.org.uk/news/art...r-policy-exams

[jas66Kent]

Originally Posted by actuary_aspire

http://www.actuaries.org.uk/news/art...r-policy-exams

Actually, I wasn't able to use them this year in any of my classes. I could only use the fx-83

[ACTBG]

Any of your classes? Did you actually sit the exams?

[sjb554]

One trick I have been using is with the TI-30X IIS. if you have large or wanky numbers (e.g. 48390.029357420578), save them as A, B, and C in your calculator with the store function. Then set up the formula using A, B, and C as you should. Substitute in the the numbers where you need.

Also, this is one of the most used tools on all of the exams. Over time, you will find a way that is easiest for you!

[ebeebs]

Originally Posted by ebeebs

lol how hard is it to just type in the formula? it's not even a long one

if you want you can store your values as a, b, and c to make the equation look nicer on your calculator screen. If you're in mathprint mode you can do it all in 1 shot and make it nice and pretty but if you're looking for a button where it will just ask you to input a b and c then have it spit out the answers you're outta luck.

Originally Posted by sjb554

One trick I have been using is with the TI-30X IIS. if you have large or wanky numbers (e.g. 48390.029357420578), save them as A, B, and C in your calculator with the store function. Then set up the formula using A, B, and C as you should. Substitute in the the numbers where you need.

Also, this is one of the most used tools on all of the exams. Over time, you will find a way that is easiest for you!

Just sayin'

[Kaner3339]

Originally Posted by actuary_aspire

http://www.actuaries.org.uk/news/art...r-policy-exams

PWNED

[jas66Kent]

Originally Posted by ACTBG

Any of your classes? Did you actually sit the exams?

Nope. Not this year.

I got all the exemptions here in the UK. I went from nothing to ASA in 1 year