Operation Manual

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Distribution Functions ................................................................................................................. 246
Distribution Shading ................................................................................................................... 252
Chapter 14:
Applications .......................................................................................................... 255
The Applications Menu ............................................................................................................... 255
Getting Started: Financing a Car ................................................................................................ 255
Getting Started: Computing Compound Interest ...................................................................... 256
Using the TVM Solver ................................................................................................................. 257
Using the Financial Functions ..................................................................................................... 258
Calculating Time Value of Money (TVM) ................................................................................... 258
Calculating Cash Flows ................................................................................................................ 260
Calculating Amortization ............................................................................................................ 261
Calculating Interest Conversion .................................................................................................. 264
Finding Days between Dates/Defining Payment Method ......................................................... 264
Using the TVM Variables ............................................................................................................. 265
The EasyData™ Application ........................................................................................................ 265
Chapter 15:
CATALOG, Strings, Hyperbolic Functions ............................................................. 268
Browsing the TI-84 Plus C Catalog Help ..................................................................................... 268
Using Catalog Help ...................................................................................................................... 269
Entering and Using Strings ......................................................................................................... 270
Storing Strings to String Variables .............................................................................................. 271
String Functions and Instructions in the CATALOG ................................................................... 272
Hyperbolic Functions in the CATALOG ....................................................................................... 275
Chapter 16:
Programming ........................................................................................................ 276
Getting Started: Volume of a Cylinder ....................................................................................... 276
Creating and Deleting Programs ................................................................................................ 277
Entering Command Lines and Executing Programs ................................................................... 279
Editing Programs ......................................................................................................................... 280
Copying and Renaming Programs .............................................................................................. 280
PRGM CTL (Control) Instructions ................................................................................................. 281
PRGM I/O (Input/Output) Instructions ........................................................................................ 287
Calling Other Programs as Subroutines ...................................................................................... 292
Running an Assembly Language Program ................................................................................. 292
Chapter 17:
Activities ............................................................................................................... 294
The Quadratic Formula ............................................................................................................... 294
Box with Lid ................................................................................................................................. 297
Comparing Test Results Using Box Plots ..................................................................................... 305
Graphing Piecewise Functions .................................................................................................... 306
Graphing Inequalities .................................................................................................................. 308
Solving a System of Nonlinear Equations ................................................................................... 309
Using a Program to Create the Sierpinski Triangle .................................................................... 310
Graphing Cobweb Attractors ...................................................................................................... 311
Using a Program to Guess the Coefficients ................................................................................ 312
Graphing the Unit Circle and Trigonometric Curves ................................................................. 313
Finding the Area between Curves .............................................................................................. 314
Using Parametric Equations: Ferris Wheel Problem .................................................................. 315
Demonstrating the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus ............................................................ 317
Computing Areas of Regular N-Sided Polygons ........................................................................ 319
Computing and Graphing Mortgage Payments ........................................................................ 322