Casio calculator for evaluating equations at different values

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I’m taking Calculus 2 and I will go to Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics and Statistics after this.

I need a calculator that can compute Simpson’s rule without me getting crazy. This means I need to input and equation (like f(x)=x/(1+x^2) ) and obtain a set of estimates of f(x) given a set of 10/20 different values for “x”, possibly adding up all of this estimates on the same line (without having to split up the calculation).

The difficult part is that I have to buy the calculator in Taiwan, where I study, and I never saw anything but Casio calculators here and I don’t have the slightest idea of what I need (graphing? scientific?) and shop clerks don’t know calculators into such detail.

Assuming I’m buying from the Casio line what should I buy? (Here is a list of what I saw on the shelves: fx-350ms, fx-350es plus, fx-570es plus, fx-991es plus. Here is a link to a local on-line retailer: http://search.ruten. com.tw/search/s000 .php?searchfrom=searchf&k=%A4u%B5%7B+%ADp%BA%E2%BE%F7&c=0006000300110001 ).

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You need a real graphing calculator like those in this page:

http://www.casio.com/products/Calculators_%26_Dictionaries/Graphing/

3

Yes, you need a graphing calculator. Most of them are programmable, so you could write a short program that could do Simpson’s Rule (or many other math functions for the matter) quickly and relatively painlessly.

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My son’s used a TI-84 Plus since pre-Calc. He’s now in Linear Analysis. Are you wedded to Casio?

EDIT: oops, looked over the Taiwan part. Dooh!