Operation Manual

Chapter 17: Activities 474
Zooming In on the Graph
Zooming In on the GraphZooming In on the Graph
Zooming In on the Graph
To help identify maximums, minimums, roots, and intersections of functions, you can
magnify the viewing window at a specific location using the
ZOOM instructions.
1. Press q to display the
ZOOM menu.
This menu is a typical TI-84 Plus menu.
To select an item, you can either press
the number or letter next to the item, or
you can press † until the item number or
letter is highlighted, and then press
Í.
2. Press
2 to select 2:Zoom In.
The graph is displayed again. The cursor
has changed to indicate that you are
using a
ZOOM instruction.
3. With the cursor near the maximum value
of the function, press Í.
The new viewing window is displayed.
Both
XmaxNXmin and YmaxNYmin have
been adjusted by factors of 4, the default
values for the zoom factors.