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Chapter 7: tables, Chapter 8: polar graphing – Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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Using

‰f(x), DIST, or ARC ............................................................ 98

Using dy

àdx or TANLN............................................................... 99

Using ISECT .............................................................................. 100
Using YICPT.............................................................................. 100

Evaluating a Function for a Specified x......................................... 101
Drawing on a Graph...................................................................... 101

Before Drawing on a Graph ..................................................... 102
Saving and Recalling Drawn Pictures ....................................... 102
Clearing Drawn Pictures........................................................... 103
The GRAPH DRAW Menu ......................................................... 103
Shading Areas of a Graph ........................................................ 104
Drawing a Line Segment .......................................................... 105
Drawing a Vertical or Horizontal Line ...................................... 106
Drawing a Circle....................................................................... 106
Drawing a Function, Tangent Line, or Inverse Function ........... 107
Drawing Freehand Points, Lines, and Curves ........................... 107
Placing Text on a Graph ........................................................... 108
Turning On or Turning Off Points ............................................. 108

Chapter 7: Tables

109

Displaying the Table...................................................................... 110

TABLE Menu............................................................................. 110
The Table.................................................................................. 110
Independent and Dependent Variables in the Table ................ 111
Navigating the Table................................................................ 111

The Table Menus ......................................................................112

Setting Up the Table .....................................................................113

Viewing and Editing Dependent Variable Equations ...............114

Clearing the Table .........................................................................114

Chapter 8: Polar Graphing

115

Preview: Polar Graphing ...............................................................116
Defining a Polar Graph..................................................................117

Setting Polar Graphing Mode ...................................................117
The GRAPH Menu.....................................................................117
Displaying the Polar Equation Editor ........................................118
Setting the Graph Screen Window Variables............................118
Setting the Graph Format.........................................................119
Displaying the Graph................................................................119

Using Graph Tools in Pol Graphing Mode .....................................119

The Free-Moving Cursor ...........................................................119
Tracing a Polar Equation ..........................................................120
Moving the Trace Cursor to a

q Value......................................121

Using Zoom Operations............................................................121
The GRAPH MATH Menu..........................................................122
Evaluating an Equation for a Specified

q..................................122

Drawing on a Polar Graph........................................................122