Sunday, August 26, 2018

HP 12C Platinum: Cosine of an Angle


HP 12C Platinum:  Cosine of an Angle

Introduction

This is a fairly short program of an angle.  The angle is in radians.  This is adapted from the TI-84 Plus COSRAD program from the book Inside Your Calculator (see Source section below).

HP 12C Platinum Program:  Cosine of an Angle

The angle is entered in radians.  This program can be adopted for the regular HP 12C.

Step
Key Code
Key
Comment
001
44, 0
STO 0
Begin program
002
2
2

003
21
y^x
You could use x^2 on the Platinum
004
4
4

005
2
2

006
9
9

007
4
4

008
9
9

009
6
6

010
7
7

011
2
2

012
9
9

013
6
6

014
10
÷

015
44, 1
STO 1

016
1
1
Set counter
017
6
6

018
44, 2
STO 2

019
4
4
Loop begins
020
45, 1
RCL 1

021
30
-

022
45, 1
RCL 1

023
20
*

024
44, 1
STO 1

025
1
1

026
44, 30, 2
STO- 2
Decrease counter
027
45, 2
RCL 2

028
43, 35
x=0

029
43, 33, 031
GTO 031

030
43, 33, 019
GTO 019

031
1
1

032
45, 1
RCL 1

033
2
2

034
10
÷

035
30
-

036
43, 33, 000
GTO 000


Examples (FIX 6 setting):

cos 0.445 ≈ 0.902611
cos 2 ≈ -0.416147
cos -4.180 ≈ -0.507593
cos π/6 ≈ cos 0.523599 ≈ 0.866025

Source:

Gerald R. Rising.  Inside Your Calculator:  From Simple Programs to Significant Insights  Wiley-Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, Inc: Hoboken, New Jersey.  2007. ISBN 978-0-470-11401-8

Eddie

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