Dr. Philip J. Owens
Adjunct Math Instructor
Austin Community College - Northridge
Introduction
Graphing
Finance
Matrices
Permutations and Combinations
Miscellaneous tricks
Here's what your keypad looks like:
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Some screens show one or two menu lines at the bottom
of the screen, e.g., for graphs:
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| Press GRAPH. You will see this screen: | |
| This screen lets you define a function by typing it in where the cursor
(black rectangle is). Press x-VAR and then x 2 |
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| Select GRAPH
(remember, this is 2nd
followed by F5
) Note that there is no scale indicated, but the default is 1, so each tick mark represents one unit. |
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You can see what the coordinates of various points are on a graph by tracing.
| If the graph menu is not present, press
GRAPH. TRACE will place a cursor on your screen, somewhere on the graph. See the cursor? Note also that the coordinates of the point are given at the bottom of the screen. The cursor is at the point (0,0). |
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| You can move the cursor using the arrow buttons. Press the right arrow button (several times) Note that the cursor has moved (but is tracing the function) and the new coordinates appear. Notice also that the menu has disappeared! Just press GRAPH again to see it. |
You may "zoom" in on a particular part of the graph in order to see more detail. There are two ways to zoom.
Way 1 (zoom in around a particular point):
| Place the cursor at the point you wish to zoom in on (I moved it to the
origin). If the graph menu is not present, press GRAPH. Select ZOOM . No zooming has been done yet; the bottom menu gives you details about the various zoom options you can choose. |
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| Select ZIN (
F2) for "zoom in", then
ENTER. You now see an "expanded" portion of the graph from about x=-2 to 2 and y=-2 to 2 If you want to go back to the previous graph, do GRAPH and ZOUT. |
Way 2 (pick a particular "boxed area" to zoom in on)
| GRAPH
(to see the menu) ZOOM
, and BOX
. You won't see anything yet, but the calculator is ready for you to draw your box. Using the arrows, move to where you want a corner of your box to be, and press ENTER . |
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| Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to where you want the diagonally opposite corner to be. The calculator will draw a box as you go. | |
| Press ENTER
(and CLEAR
to get rid of the menu) You now see (full-screen) the portion of the graph within the box. |