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Texas Instruments TI-84 User Manual

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Chapter 17: Activities

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3.

Press

~ to trace along the curve to a

point to the right of the maximum, and
then press

Í.

A

3 at the top of the screen indicates the

selected bound.

A

Guess?

prompt is displayed.

4.

Press

| to trace to a point near the

maximum, and then press

Í.

Or, press

3

Ë

8

, and then press

Í to

enter a guess for the maximum.

When you press a number key in

TRACE

,

the

X=

prompt is displayed in the bottom-

left corner.

Notice how the values for the calculated
maximum compare with the maximums
found with the free-moving cursor, the
trace cursor, and the table.

Note:

In steps 2 and 3 above, you can

enter values directly for Left Bound and
Right Bound, in the same way as
described in step 4.