3 Jul
2013
3 Jul
'13
10:03 p.m.
Why nmot just enter 16 (in decimal mode) and sqaure
it 4 times?
Because this calculator does all its arithmetic (full floating-point,
even) in hexadecimal. It converts from the entry/display base to base
16, does the calculation, and converts back. Each conversion is on the
order of a second. So squaring 4 times is on the order of 8 seconds.
Starting in hex, there is no conversion until you're done. One second.
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