The letters are used for programming
Or for entering numbers in hexadecimal notation
On a TI-83, letters are variables. You can use these variables to store numbers. The calculator also uses some of the variables for its storage. If you type A and press ENTER, you will probably get 0. This means that A is 0 (unless you changed it and made it something else.) To change a variable, press the number you want the variable to be, then the arrow (STO>) and then the variable. For example, 25-->W will make the variable W equal to 4. You can then use variables in your calculations. For example, if you make W equal to 4 and A equal to 5, then WA + 3 will equal 23. (4 x 5 + 3)
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The TI-83 series was released in 1996.
It hardly seems necessary. Prime numbers only have two factors, one and themselves.
No, in order to download apps to your TI-83, you need a cable that connects your calculator and the computer, or a cable to connect to another TI-83.
Yes
The TI-84 is a graphing calculater. It is mostly just an update to the TI-83 calculater.
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Some of the features of the TI-83 Plus, are: upgradable operating system and software; preloaded apps; compatible with TI-84 Plus and TI-84 Plus Silver Edition.
There isn't a sec key on the TI-83 Plus. Secant is 1/cosine, which is what is used to find secant on a TI-83 Plus. For example, to find the secant of 4, enter 1/sec(4).
graphing calculators only. TI-83 and TI-84 calculators.
There is not cos2 button on a TI-83 plus. You will need to enter the cosine function and then square it. (Press the x2 button to get the squared function.) To type cos2(90) on a TI-83 plus, for example, type: cos(90)2