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Module 2
Summationotationand_WoftbWalculator
Objectlves
e end of e module e sudens sould be able o
1 eermlne e values of expresslons uslng e summalon noalon
2 ulllze e calculaor ln evalualng expresslons lnvolvlng e summalon noalon
1e mos common symbol ln Salslcs ls e Creek leer slgma wlc ls used o denoe
summalon

n
=1
is ieau as the summation of

as goes fiom to n
were i ls e lower llml and n e upper llml ln some cases e subscrlp i can be omitteu.
Examples:
e x
1
6 x
2
9 x
3
10 x
4
8 and x
3
3
llnd a)
b)
c)
2

d)()
2

e)( + )
Solulon
a Slnce lower and upper llmls are saed

=
1
+
2
+
3
= + 9 + =
3
=1

lor b o e no llmls are speclfled ence all values sould be consldered
b = +9 + +8 + = 8
c
2
=
2
+9
2
+
2
+8
2
+
2
=
d ()
2
= ( + 9 + +8 +)
2
=
e ( + ) = ( + ) + (9 + ) + ( +) +(8 +) +( +) =

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owto_WourSciWntificalculator*
*Caulon 1e procedure may no apply o all calculaor models us you may [us consul your
calculaor's manual
lor daa lnvolvlng one varlable aclvae e @@ 0 or @@ 1 mode or ls equlvalen
1 Se your calculaor ln S mode ress MoJe and coose @@ en
2 Clear e Sa memory by presslng
J
l or lft en clk or c or c
3 Sar enerlng daa uslng e daa ln e example above

6 9 10 8 3
ress BATA
9 BATA
BATA
8 BATA
BATA
4 1o ge press kcl en e key were ls l sould dlsplay e same answer glven above 1e
same applles o gelng
2

3 ?ou can also ge oer measuremens llke e mean ( ) and sandard devlalon (sx) by presslng kcl
en e key were or sx ls respeclvely
lor daa lnvolvlng wo varlables aclvae e S11 1 or S11 lnL mode or ls equlvalen
1 ress MCL en S11 en lnL
2 Clear e Sa memory
3 Sar enerlng daa use e daa below
x 3 3 4 8 9
y 12 13 16 11 13
ress 3 (xy) 12
3 (xy) 13
4 (xy) 16
8 (xy) 11
9 (xy) 13
4 ress 8C en e key were e daa you lnend o ge ls placed
8C ld you ge 29?
8C 67?
8C
2
Wa dld you ge?
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Pow abou
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2

2
3
4
3 sy
6 sx
Lxerclse
1e followlng are e number of mlnues l ook 10 sudens o answer a 10lem qulz ln
lgebra
Suden number 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 9 10
number of Mlnues (m) 10 3 13 20 8 19 23 30 17 11
llnd
1
2
2

3 ()
2

4
3 J

8 1e followlng able sows e 2
nd
quarer grades of 10 sudens ln Lnglls and Ceomery
Lnglls (x) 91 88 78 83 83 90 89 86 89 88
Ceomery(y) 87 86 80 89 83 86 89 87 83 83
llnd
1
2
2

3
4
2

3
6 ()()
7 ()
2

8 ()
2

9

8
=2

10

9
=3

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12
13 o
n-1
or J

14 o
n
or o

13 r
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