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On a Casio calculator you can obtain the reciprocal of a number

x⁻¹    J
SHIFT )

or via the catalog as

CATALOG  P INPUT
SHIFT 4  ⁻¹   F1

 


Example 1

To calculate 2−1 = 0.5

x⁻¹    J 2-1
 2  SHIFT ) EXE
0.5

or as the negative exponent

  2-1
 2  ^ (–)  1  EXE
0.5

or as the division

 
 1  ÷  2  EXE 1÷2
0.5

or as the fraction 1 / 2 = 0.5

  0.5
 1  ab/c  2  EXE FD
 

 


Example 2

To calculate  = 0.7071…

x⁻¹        E            r 2-1 2-1
SHIFT ) SHIFT x²  2  EXE FD
0.7071067812

or as

      r 2-1
SHIFT x²  2   ▷  ^ (–)  1  EXE

and because  also as

      r
 1  ÷ SHIFT x²  2  EXE 1÷√2

 


Example 3

To enter 0−1

x⁻¹    J
Ma ERROR
Press:[EXIT]
 0  SHIFT )
0-1

Dividing by zero always produces a message.

 


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