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Finally, you can sell it for around $80 when you're done with it.
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You can't use graphing calculators in any licensure exams
https://ncees.org/exams/calculator/
People swear by the casio fx115 / 991 but I like my ti-36x
I'd say the minimal calculator for engineering is an HP-15c. Nobody used anything but HP at my college (top ten ranked engineering school). The HP keys are like the blackberry ones - indestructible. Ti keys seemed to last 1 yr, then it became the "hard and fast" rule for the next 3 yrs. Plus, learning RPN builds character.
Took the EIT exam using that HP-15c, though it wasn't exactly useful in my chosen field (rocket science). There's no professional exam for that.
I'm of the age that schools didn't require graphing calculators for students because they were expensive. The teacher had one for show-n-tell. We used TK Solver!, MathCAD, MatLAB or coded stuff in FORTRAN in college. For important tests, I'd strongly suggest checking the specific testing website for approved calculators. They have a list. Don't deviate from that list.
In the real world, we never, ever, used calculators. We used engineering programs on our computers or wrote code to run on bigger computers for things like CFD. I do have an Android app that emulates all the HP calculators on my phone, pick the one you want, but really have never used it, not even the financial version of the HP-15. I'm much more likely to pull of a spreadsheet or galculator for quick calculations these days No tests anymore, just budgets, IRR and OC calculations.
How would it be to have a guaranteed protected market with no requirement for innovation/iteration for 20+ years?
If there was any innovation, these things would either be completely via solar by now or cost something like $20.
Then again, paying lobbyists and paying off decision makers might legitimately take a lot cash. In that case, maybe their profit margin is only like 75%.
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Personally, I like Math just fine. But I understand everyone have their own preferences.
My initial comment was to show the calculator was useless in my experience.
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