Texas Instruments TI-86 - Manual (Page 97)

Chapter 5: Function Graphing
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05FUNC.DOC TI-86, Chap 5, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:22 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:01 PM Page 85 of 14
Displaying a Graph
To display a graph, select GRAPH
from the GRAPH menu. The graph
screen is displayed. If the graph is
newly defined, the busy indicator is
displayed at the top-right corner as
the TI
-86 draws the graph.
♦
In SeqG format, the TI -86 draws each selected function one by one, in function-name
order (for example, y1 is graphed first, y2 is graphed second, and so on).
♦
In SimulG format, the TI -86 draws all selected graphs simultaneously.
You can display and explore a graph from a program (Chapter 16). To use graphing commands
on the home screen, select them from the
CATALOG or entering the individual characters.
Pausing or Stopping a Graph in Progress
♦
To pause graph plotting, press b. To resume plotting, press b again.
♦ To stop graph plotting, press ^. To replot, select GRAPH from the GRAPH menu.
Modifying a Drawn Graph
To remove these items from the graph screen: Press (or select):
Cursor, coordinate values, or menus (To restore menus, press . or 6) :
Free-moving cursor and coordinate values but not the menus b
Cursor and coordinate values but not the menus 6 or GRAPH
In the example graph to the
right, all default settings
related to graphing are set.
To view the graph without the
GRAPH
menu on the bottom
line, press : after
plotting the graph.
When you pause, the busy
indicator in the top-right
corner becomes a dotted line.