28 Section 1: Getting Started
File name: hp 12c pt_user's guide_English_HDPMF123E27 Page: 28 of 275
Printed Date: 2005/8/1
Dimension: 14.8 cm x 21 cm
Example:
Before you leave to call on a customer interested in your personal
computer, you store the cost of the computer ($1,250) and also the cost of a
printer ($500) in data storage registers. Later, the customer decides to buy six
computers and one printer. You recall the cost of the computer, multiply by the
quantity ordered, and then recall and add the cost of the printer to get the total
invoice.
Keystrokes Display
1250
?
0
1,250.00
Stores the cost of the computer in R
0
.
500
?
2
500.00
Stores the cost of the printer in R
2
.
;
Turns the calculator off.
Later that same day …
Keystrokes
(RPN mode)
Display
;
500.00
Turns the calculator back on.
:
0
1,250.00
Recalls the cost of the computer to
the display.
6
§
7,500.00
Multiplies the quantity ordered to get
the cost of the computers.
:
2
500.00
Recalls the cost of the printer to the
display.
+
8,000.00
Total invoice.
Keystrokes
(ALG mode)
Display
;
500.00
Turns the calculator back on.
:
0
1,250.00
Recalls the cost of the computer to
the display.
§
6
6.
Multiplies by the quantity ordered to
get the cost of the computers.
+:
2
500.00
Recalls the cost of the printer to the
display.
³
8,000.00
Total invoice.
