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Texas Instruments TI-85 User Manual

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TI-85/TI-86 Graphing Calculators

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Remove the lower menu with

EXIT

, and press

F3

(

ZOOM

)

MORE

F4

(

ZDECM

) .

Notice that the graphics screen is blank.

TI-85

Press

EXIT

F2

(

RANGE

) to see the view set

by

ZDECM

.

TI-86

Press

EXIT

F2

(

WIND

) to see the view set

by

ZDECM

.

¥ Both

xMin

and

xMax

are the settings of the left and right edges of the viewing screen,

and

yMin

and

yMax

are the settings for the lower and upper edges of the viewing

screen.

xScl

and

yScl

set the spacing between the tick marks on the x- and y-axes.

The view you see is

6.3

£ x £ 6.3,

3.1

£ y £ 3.1.

Follow the procedures shown in either 1.1.3 or 1.1.4 to draw a graph with your calculator.
Whenever you draw a graph, you have the option of manually changing the view or having
the calculator automatically find a view of the graph.

1.1.3 MANUALLY CHANGING THE VIEW OF A GRAPH

If you do not have a

good view of the graph or if you do not see the graph, change the view with one of t h e

ZOOM

options or manually set the view. (We later discuss the

ZOOM

options.)

TI 85

Press

GRAPH

F2

(

RANGE

) .

Set

xMin

to

0

,

xMax

to

10

, leave

xScl

at

1,

set

yMin

to

900,

yMax

to

2000,

and

yScl

to

50

.

TI 86

Press

GRAPH

F2

(

WIND

) .

Set

xMin

to

0

,

xMax

to

10

, leave

xScl

at

1,

set

yMin

to

900,

yMax

to

2000,

and

yScl

to

50

.

Below

yScl

is a setting called

xRes

. For all appli-

cations in this Guide, have

xRes

set to 1.