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Structure of the Tutorial: First we will deal with basic arithmetic

operation such as plus, minus, division, multiplication, square root,
reciprocalthenwewillmovetotrigonometric,logarithm,exponentialand
factorial.

BasicArithmeticOperation:
Thereisaspecialwayofwritingnumberwithnegativesign.Suppose
wewanttowrite25
1. Writenumber25
2. Clickon[+/]button.

Plus,Minus,MultiplicationandDivision:
Nowletsolvesomeexampletounderstandsomebasicfeature
FirstExample:

1. Writenumber25
2. Clickon[+/]button.
3. Clickon[*]button>openbracket[(]>Type50>clickon[*]>Type5>close
bracket[)]>Clickon[/]>Type4>Clickon[=].

SecondExample:

Answeris90
ButtonSequence:
10[+][(]50[]10[*][(]2.6[]0.6[)][
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/][(]1.4[]0.4[)][=]
Power:
Firstwewilldiscussabout(powerof10)buttonthenwewillmove
towardpowerofothernumber.
Powerof10:TwobuttonhasgivenforPowerof10functionfirstis[Exp
]andsecondis[10x].Letsolveanexampletoseewhatisthedifferent
betweenthemandhowdoestheywork.

whileusing[Exp]buttonwefirsthavetotype4.2thanwewill
use[Exp]buttonbutincaseon[10x]firstwehavetofindpowerof10
thenwemention4.2
ButtonSequence:
4.2[Exp]2[=]
2[10x][*]4.2[=]
PowerinGeneral
Threebuttonhasgivenforthispurpose[x2],[x3]and[xy].Firstand
secondisforsquareandcuberespectivelywhereas3rdbuttonisfor
othernumbers.
Square:Firstyouhavetomentionxthenclickon[x2]togetsquareofx.
Forexamplewewanttocalculate1442sotype144thenclickon[x2]for
result20736.
Cube:Firstyouhavetomentionnumberthenclickon[x3]togetcube
ofnumber.Forexamplewewanttocalculate1253sofirsttypenumber
125thenclickon[x3]forresult1953125.
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Other:Nowwewanttocalculate314.Procedurewillbesameasabove
butnowwehavetomentionpowerterm.Sofirsttype31thenclickon[
xy]nowmentionpowertermwhichis4inthiscasethenclickon[=]for
result923521.
Problems:

Solution:
[(][(]5[*]21[xy]3[)][+][(]2[*]4.8
[xy]7[)][)][/]10[xy]4[=].
Screenshotofvirtualcalculatoryoushouldget

Root:
Threebuttonsareprovidedfordealingwithroots[],[3]and[yx]in
GATEVirtualCalculator.Letsolvesomesimpleproblemtolearnabout
thesebutton.
SquareRoot:Mentionthenumberofwhichsquareroothastobefind
thenclickon[].ForExamplewewanttofind441sofirstwehaveto
type441thenclickon[]buttonforresult21.
CubeRoot:Mentionthenumberofwhichcuberoothastobefindthen
clickon[3].Forexamplewewanttofind310648sofirstwehaveto
type10648thenclickon[3]buttonforresult22.
Other[yx]:Firsttypevalueofxthenclickon[yx]thenmention
valueofy.Forexamplewewanttofind53125sofirsttype3125then
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clickon[yx]andthenmention5andclick[=]forresult8.
Problem:

Solution:
44[][+]50[3][+]75[yx]4[=]
Itshouldlooklikethis

Reciprocal:
Forfindingreciprocalofanynumberjusttypethenumberandclickon[
1/x]button.
Problem

Solution:
15[1/x][+]21[1/x][=]

TrigonometricFunction
Calculatorshouldbeindegreemodeandvalueshouldalwaysbegiven
firstandthenfunctionforexampleinordertofindsin30onemusttype30
firstthenclickon[sin]button.
GateVirtualCalculatorconsistof6buttonstodealwithtrigonometric
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problemwhichare[sin][cos][tan][sin1][cos1][tan1]and6
hyperbolicfunction[sinh][cosh][tanh][sinh1][cosh1][tanh
1
].Herewewilllookintofunctioningof6trigonometricfunctionwhichwill
besameforhyperbolicfunctiontoo.
Forexample:
Sin30+cos30=1.366
30[sin][+]30[cos][=]
sin230+cos230=1
30[sin][x2][+]30[cos][x2][=]
cot55+cosec75=1.735
Asweknowthatreciprocalofsiniscosec,reciprocaloftaniscotand
reciprocalofcosissecsowewillsolve(1/tan55)+(1/sin75)
55[tan][1/x][+]75[sin][1/x][=]

LogarithmicFunction
FourbuttonsisprovidedinGATEVirtualCalculatorfordealingwith
LogarithmicFunction[ln],[log2x],[logx]and[logyx]
[ln]ThisbuttonmeanLogarithmswithbasee.Inordertodetermine
ln5firsttypethevaluewhichisinthiscaseis5thenclickon[ln]button
forresult1.609.
[log2x]:Logarithmswithbase2
[logx]:Logarithmswithbase10
[logyx]:Logarithmswithuserinputbase.
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Problem:Inmechanical,truestrainofforgingisgivenby

Supposevalueofhois50andhfis20thenvalueoftrue
strainis
Solution
50[/]20[=][ln]
Ansis0.916

FactorialFunction
wehave[n!]buttontodealwithfactorialfunction
5!

5[n!]

120

8!

8[n!]

40320

IMPORTANTADVICE:
1. Alwaysclickon[C]buttonbeforestartingnewcalculation
2. BODMASruleshouldbefollowed
BBracket
OOrder(Powerandroots)
DDivision
MMultiplication
AAddition
SSubtraction
3. Here[mod]buttonissimplyashowpieceneverpressmodbutton.Itisjustindicatingwhether
calculatorisindegmodeorinradianmode.Forchangingdegreemodetoradianmodeyou
havetopressradiobutton.
4. WhilesolvingquestiontrytodoyourcalculationwithGATEvirtualcalculatorinordertoget
goodcommandonit.

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