Calculator User Manual

Quick Start
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Plotting a Function on the Graph Screen

Select
GRAPH
from the
GRAPH
menu to
plot the graph on the graph screen. The x-
and y-axes and
GRAPH
menu are
displayed. Then each selected graph is
plotted in the order in which it is listed in
the equation editor.
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free-moving cursor

When the graph is plotted, you can move
the free-moving cursor (
+
) around the
graph screen. The cursor coordinates are
displayed at the bottom of the graph.
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Tracing a Function

Select
TRACE
from the
GRAPH
menu to
activate the trace cursor, with which you
can trace along the graph of any selected
function. The number of the current
function (the
1
in
y1
) is displayed in the
top-right corner.
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trace cursor

Move the trace cursor from the function
y1
to the function
y2
. The
1
in the top-right
corner changes to
2
; the
y
value changes to
the value of
y2
at
x=0
. (
continued
)
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