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The symb/graph menu, The symb/graph menu ,12-50 – HP 50g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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SOLVER..

„Î (the 7 key)

Ch. 6

TRIGONOMETRIC..

‚Ñ (the 8 key)

Ch. 5

EXP&LN..

„Ð (the 8 key)

Ch. 5

The SYMB/GRAPH menu

The GRAPH sub-menu within the SYMB menu includes the following functions:

DEFINE: same as the keystroke sequence „à (the 2 key)
GROBADD: pastes two GROBs first over the second (See Chapter 22)
PLOT(function): plots a function, similar to „ô
PLOTADD(function): adds this function to the list of functions to plot, similar to

„ô
Plot setup..: same as „ô
SIGNTAB(function): sign table of given function showing intervals of positive
and negative variation, zero points and infinite asymptotes
TABVAL: table of values for a function
TABVAR: variation table of a function
Examples of some of these functions are provided next.

PLOT(X^2-1) is similar to „ô with EQ: X^2 -1. Using

@ERASE @DRAW

produces the plot:

PLOTADD(X^2-X) is similar to „ô but adding this function to EQ: X^2 -1.
Using

@ERASE @DRAW produces the plot: