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Symbolic view – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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An introduction to HP apps

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mathematical object—such as an expression or an open
sentence—plot it, and see the values generated by it.
Each of these views has an accompanying setup view, a view that
enables you to configure the appearance of the data in the
accompanying major view. These views are called Symbolic
Setup, Plot Setup, and Numeric Setup. They are accessed by
pressing

JY

,

JP

, and

JM

.

Not all apps have all the six views outlined above. The scope and
complexity of each app determines its particular set of views. For
example, the Spreadsheet app has no Plot view or Plot Setup
view, and the Quadratic Explorer has only a Plot view. What
views are available in each app is outlined in the next six
sections.
Note that the DataStreamer app is not covered in this chapter.
See HP StreamSmart 410 User Guide for information about this
app.

Symbolic view

The table below outlines what is done in the Symbolic view of
each app.

App

Use the Symbolic view to:

Advanced
Graphing

Specify up to 10 open sentences.

Finance Not

used

Function

Specify up to 10 real-valued, rectangular
functions of y in terms of x.

Geometry

View the symbolic definition of geometric
constructions.

Inference

Choose to conduct a hypothesis test or test
a confidence level, and select a type of
test.

Linear Explorer

Not used

Linear Solver

Not used

Parametric

Specify up to 10 parametric functions of x
and y in terms of t.