Operation Manual

Getting Started 7
8200GETS.DOC TI-82, Getting Started, English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/09/01 8:38 AM Printed:
02/09/01 12:35 PM Page 7 of 14
Defining a Table of Values
The table feature of the TI
.
82 provides numeric information about a function. Use
a table of values from the previously defined function to estimate an answer to
the problem.
1. Press
y
ã
TblSet
ä
(above
p
) to display the
TABLE SETUP
menu.
2. Press
Í
to accept
TblMin=0
.
3. Press
10
Í
to define the table increment
@
Tbl=10
. Leave
Indpnt: Auto
and
Depend: Auto
so the table will be generated automatically.
4. Press
y
ã
TABLE
ä
(above
s
) to display the
table.
Note that the maximum value displayed is at
X=40
. The maximum occurs between
30
and
50
.
5. Press and hold
†
to scroll the table until the
sign change appears. Note that the maximum
length of
X
for this problem occurs where the
sign of
Y
1
(volume) becomes negative.
6. Press
y
ã
TblSet
ä
. Note that
TblMin
has changed
to reflect the first line of the table you last
displayed.