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Would this be a good calculator to get for actual engineering work, or is it too limited by its testing restrictions? If not, what is a good engineering calcula
by wycy 8y ago
Would this be a good calculator to get for actual engineering work, or is it too limited by its testing restrictions? If not, what is a good engineering calculator these days?
- wtallis 8y agoThis calculator is made for high school math, not science. Its main concession to exam rules is a special mode that you don't have to engage. Outside of that mode, the big feature that's still missing is a Computer Algebra System. But what's usually not even on people's radar is whether the calculator can handle units. The line of HP calculators that ended with the HP 50g had the most useful system I've seen for computation on quantities with units. It serves both as a type checking safety feature and provides automatic conversion. TI's top graphing calculators have had similar functionality since at least the TI-89/92 generation, but (as usual) without a good user interface to make it worth using. The NumWorks calculator does not appear to have any capability for unit conversions, let alone carrying units throughout calculations.