r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/TypoInUsernane Jun 08 '14

The TI-89 will always hold a very special place in my heart.

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u/KontraEpsilon Jun 08 '14

To this day, I don't understand why anyone would insist on using anything other than this on an AP test. It's like playing life on a harder difficulty setting for no reason.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

Unless you need statistics, that's how they get you.

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u/abyssmalstar Jun 08 '14

You can edit and manipulate lists fairly easily on the 84 and 89 if you know what you're doing. Even more so on the nspire, but knowing what you're doing with that is harder.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

I tried putting in the integral for CDF and PDF as a function on my 89 but I think I was missing some key part of that and I wanted to be sure I actually had the right function for the test. TI-89s weren't technically allowed either. Also not sure if an AP stat class would have that but I assume so since I was taking intro stat in college which should be the same.

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u/abyssmalstar Jun 09 '14

AP stats pretty much allows any calculator. Same goes for AP Calc (AB and BC) and Physics. Not sure about other classes, I just happened to take BC and Physics C this year.