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Zooming in on the graph – Texas Instruments TI-84 User Manual

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Chapter 17: Activities

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Zooming In on the Graph

Zooming In on the Graph

Zooming In on the Graph

Zooming In on the Graph

To help identify maximums, minimums, roots, and intersections of functions, you can
magnify the viewing window at a specific location using the

ZOOM

instructions.

1.

Press

q to display the

ZOOM

menu.

This menu is a typical TI-84 Plus menu.
To select an item, you can either press
the number or letter next to the item, or
you can press

† until the item number or

letter is highlighted, and then press

Í.

2.

Press

2

to select

2:Zoom In

.

The graph is displayed again. The cursor
has changed to indicate that you are
using a

ZOOM

instruction.

3.

With the cursor near the maximum value
of the function, press

Í.

The new viewing window is displayed.
Both

Xmax

N

Xmin

and

Ymax

N

Ymin

have

been adjusted by factors of 4, the default
values for the zoom factors.