Calculator User Manual

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Chapter 6: Graph Tools
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Drawing a Vertical or Horizontal Line

Select
VERT
(or
HORIZ
) from the
GRAPH
DRAW
menu. The graph is displayed and a
vertical or horizontal line is drawn at the cursor.
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(or ))

Move the line to the
x
value (or to the
y
value,
if horizontal) through which you want the line
to pass.

Draw the line on the graph.
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(or $ #)
b
To draw more lines, repeat steps 2 and 3; to cancel
VERT
or
HORIZ
, press
:
.
Drawing a Circle

Select
CIRCL
from the
GRAPH DRAW
menu. The graph is displayed.

Define the center point of the circle with
the cursor.
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b

Move the cursor to any point on the
intended circumference.

Draw the circle.
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b
To draw more circles, repeat steps 2 through 4; to cancel
CIRCL
, press
:
.
In the example, the function
y(x)=x^3+.3x
2
N
4x
is selected.
Also,
ZIN
was executed once
with the zoom cursor at (0,0),
xFact=2
, and
yFact=2
.
In the example, the function
y(x)=x^3+.3x
2
N
4x
is selected.
Also,
ZIN
was executed once
with the zoom cursor at (0,0),
xFact=2
, and
yFact=2
.
Here the circle appears as a
circle, regardless of window
variable values. When you
use
Circl(
from the
CATALOG
to draw a circle, the current
window variable values may
distort the shape.