I am guessing that graphing calculators were not widely available when I took the SAT – we had to have scientific calculators for high school
I mean in the sense that the market for these calculators is to take exams. I’m perfectly happy doing my calculations and running scripts on my computer, but I cannot bring a laptop to an exam.
As for the scientific/graphing calculator… My first “big boy” device was an HP 48G so for me graphing and scientific are synonims (I know they’re not but I personally use them indistinctly). I don’t think you can buy scientific calculators without graphing capabilities these days.
