ClassPad 330 Plus Manual

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Chapter 4 Using the Conics Application

4-1 Conics Application Overview ............................................................... 4-1-1

Starting Up the Conics Application .....................................................................4-1-1

Conics Application Window ................................................................................4-1-1

Conics Application Menus and Buttons ..............................................................4-1-2

Conics Application Status Bar ............................................................................4-1-4

4-2 Inputting Equations ............................................................................. 4-2-1

Using a Conics Form to Input an Equation .........................................................4-2-1

Inputting an Equation Manually ..........................................................................4-2-3

Transforming a Manually Input Equation to a Conics Form ...............................4-2-3

4-3 Drawing a Conics Graph ...................................................................... 4-3-1

Drawing a Parabola ............................................................................................4-3-1

Drawing a Circle .................................................................................................4-3-4

Drawing an Ellipse ..............................................................................................4-3-5

Drawing a Hyperbola ..........................................................................................4-3-6

Drawing a General Conics ..................................................................................4-3-8

4-4 Using Trace to Read Graph Coordinates ............................................ 4-4-1

Using Trace ........................................................................................................4-4-1

4-5 Using G-Solve to Analyze a Conics Graph ......................................... 4-5-1

Displaying the G-Solve Menu .............................................................................4-5-1

Using G-Solve Menu Commands .......................................................................4-5-2

Chapter 5 Using the 3D Graph Application

5-1 3D Graph Application Overview .......................................................... 5-1-1

Starting Up the 3D Graph Application ................................................................5-1-1

3D Graph Application Window ............................................................................5-1-1

3D Graph Application Menus and Buttons .........................................................5-1-2

3D Graph Application Status Bar ........................................................................5-1-4

5-2 Inputting an Expression ....................................................................... 5-2-1

Using 3D Graph Editor Sheets ...........................................................................5-2-1

Storing a Function ..............................................................................................5-2-2

5-3 Drawing a 3D Graph .............................................................................. 5-3-1

Configuring 3D Graph View Window Parameters ..............................................5-3-1

3D Graph Example .............................................................................................5-3-3

5-4 Manipulating a Graph on the 3D Graph Window ................................ 5-4-1

Enlarging and Reducing the Size of a Graph .....................................................5-4-1

Switching the Eye Position .................................................................................5-4-1

Rotating the Graph Manually ..............................................................................5-4-2

Rotating a Graph Automatically ..........................................................................5-4-3

Initializing the Graph Window .............................................................................5-4-3

5-5 Other 3D Graph Application Functions ............................................... 5-5-1

Using Trace to Read Graph Coordinates ...........................................................5-5-1

Inserting Text into a 3D Graph Window ..............................................................5-5-1

Calculating a

z-value for Particular x- and y-values, or s- and t-values ..............5-5-2

Using Drag and Drop to Down a 3D Graph ........................................................5-5-3

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