3 + 4 7 + 8
----- + -----
5 + 6 9 + 2 3 + 4 7 + 8
----- + -----
5 + 6 9 + 2(19 button presses)
Or:
((3 + 4) / (5 + 6)) + ((7 + 8) / (9 + 2))
(27 button presses)
vs on RPN:
+ / + 3 4 + 5 6 / + 7 8 + 9 2 (I think? I don't use RPN)
(15 button presses)
I guess 19 vs 15 button presses is a tradeoff I'm willing to make for easier understanding.
3 (enter) 4 +
5 (enter) 6 + /
7 (enter) 8 +
9 (enter) 2 + / + 3 + 4 = / ( 5 + 6 = + ( 7 + 8 ) / ( 9 + 2 =You forgot the R part of RPN.
Parentheses are common on scientific caclulators and graphing calculators, but as you demonstrate, they add a lot of extra button presses, and you even left out the final "=".
To do this on an RPN calculator, you need nothing beyond the basic 4 functions and the enter key, while you need extra specialized keys like parens or a fraction button to do it on an infix calculator. Taking a look at various infix scientific calculators, they mostly seem to have both parens and a fraction key, so using up the space of 3 keys that an RPN calculator doesn't need and can use for more actual functionality.
Here's how you do it on RPN:
3 <enter> 4 + 5 <enter> 6 + / 7 <enter> 8 + 9 <enter> 2 + / +
You wrote it in Polish notation rather than Reverse Polish Notation, and had left out the enter key that is used as the delimiter between two numbers (pushes a number to the stack, so you can start entering the next number).