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Macintosh is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated. TI-82 GRAPHING CALCULATOR GUIDEBOOK TI-GRAPH LINK, Calculator-Based Laboratory, CBL, CBL 2, Calculator-Based Ranger, CBR, Constant Memory, Automatic Power Down, APD, and EOS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. © 1993, 2000, 2001 Texas Instruments Incorporated.
Macintosh is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated. TI-82 GRAPHING CALCULATOR GUIDEBOOK TI-GRAPH LINK, Calculator-Based Laboratory, CBL, CBL 2, Calculator-Based Ranger, CBR, Constant Memory, Automatic Power Down, APD, and EOS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. © 1993, 2000, 2001 Texas Instruments Incorporated.
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... manual describes how to use the TI.82 Graphing Calculator. The first chapter gives general instructions on the Graph 12 Finding the Calculated Maximum 13 Other Features 14 Chapter 1: Operating the TI.82 Turning the TI.82 On and Off 1-2 Setting the Display Contrast 1-3 The Display 1-4 Entering Expressions and Instructions 1-6 TI.82 Edit Keys 1-8 Setting Modes 1-9 TI.82 Modes 1-10 Variable Names 1-12 Storing...
... manual describes how to use the TI.82 Graphing Calculator. The first chapter gives general instructions on the Graph 12 Finding the Calculated Maximum 13 Other Features 14 Chapter 1: Operating the TI.82 Turning the TI.82 On and Off 1-2 Setting the Display Contrast 1-3 The Display 1-4 Entering Expressions and Instructions 1-6 TI.82 Edit Keys 1-8 Setting Modes 1-9 TI.82 Modes 1-10 Variable Names 1-12 Storing...
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...as paragraphs, numbered procedures, bulleted lists, or illustrations. ¦ Page "footers"-The bottom of the calculator. viii Introduction Using this Guidebook Effectively The structure of the TI.82 guidebook and the design of its pages can help you need quickly. These examples can help you find... areas of information are used throughout to make the guidebook easy to use . Page-Design Conventions When possible, units of the TI.82. Consistent presentation techniques are presented on a single page or on two facing pages. Structure of the Guidebook The guidebook contains sections...
...as paragraphs, numbered procedures, bulleted lists, or illustrations. ¦ Page "footers"-The bottom of the calculator. viii Introduction Using this Guidebook Effectively The structure of the TI.82 guidebook and the design of its pages can help you need quickly. These examples can help you find... areas of information are used throughout to make the guidebook easy to use . Page-Design Conventions When possible, units of the TI.82. Consistent presentation techniques are presented on a single page or on two facing pages. Structure of the Guidebook The guidebook contains sections...
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... use the TI.82 much more quickly by -keystroke examples, an interest rate problem and a volume problem, that introduce you to some principal operating and graphing features of Values 7 Zooming In on the Table 8 Changing the Viewing WINDOW 10 Displaying and Tracing the Graph 11 Zooming In on the Graph 12 Finding the Calculated Maximum 13...
... use the TI.82 much more quickly by -keystroke examples, an interest rate problem and a volume problem, that introduce you to some principal operating and graphing features of Values 7 Zooming In on the Table 8 Changing the Viewing WINDOW 10 Displaying and Tracing the Graph 11 Zooming In on the Graph 12 Finding the Calculated Maximum 13...
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... blue to the left above the next key that following the keystrokes in this section produces the illustrated actions. 1. Press 3 to select Reset. The calculator is very dark or blank, you press. After a reset, the display contrast is displayed. 3. Getting Started 3 Press y and then press and ... ' to make the display lighter) or } (to clear the display. Press É to turn the calculator on this page to reset the TI.82 to its factory settings. (Resetting the TI.82 erases all previously entered data.) This ensures that you need to adjust the display contrast. The RESET MEMORY menu...
... blue to the left above the next key that following the keystrokes in this section produces the illustrated actions. 1. Press 3 to select Reset. The calculator is very dark or blank, you press. After a reset, the display contrast is displayed. 3. Getting Started 3 Press y and then press and ... ' to make the display lighter) or } (to clear the display. Press É to turn the calculator on this page to reset the TI.82 to its factory settings. (Resetting the TI.82 erases all previously entered data.) This ensures that you need to adjust the display contrast. The RESET MEMORY menu...
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...163; 1 Ã ƒ Z ¤ › ƒ Y. Press y ã:ä to 8 lines of the display. Enter 10 ¿ ƒ Y (years). 4. The TI.82 displays up to enter more than one line, and recall previous entries. 1. Press Í to store the interest rate. 2. To save keystrokes, you can store... values to variables, enter multiple instructions on one instruction on the right side of 16 characters so you to calculate the total amount available after Y years at the same time. The cursor is shown on a line. 3. The entire problem is ...
...163; 1 Ã ƒ Z ¤ › ƒ Y. Press y ã:ä to 8 lines of the display. Enter 10 ¿ ƒ Y (years). 4. The TI.82 displays up to enter more than one line, and recall previous entries. 1. Press Í to store the interest rate. 2. To save keystrokes, you can store... values to variables, enter multiple instructions on one instruction on the right side of 16 characters so you to calculate the total amount available after Y years at the same time. The cursor is shown on a line. 3. The entire problem is ...
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... can enter and save three statistical plot definitions. (Chapters 12). Other Features Getting Started introduced you to basic calculator operation and the table and function graphing features of curves. (Chapter 11) Statistics You can perform one-variable and two-variable list-based statistical analysis...table, list editor, or Home screen. (Chapter 9) 14 Getting Started The remainder of the TI.82. You can define and save up to six polar functions (Chapter 5). You can show simultaneously the graph screen and a related editor, such as histograms, points, x-y lines, or box-and-...
... can enter and save three statistical plot definitions. (Chapters 12). Other Features Getting Started introduced you to basic calculator operation and the table and function graphing features of curves. (Chapter 11) Statistics You can perform one-variable and two-variable list-based statistical analysis...table, list editor, or Home screen. (Chapter 9) 14 Getting Started The remainder of the TI.82. You can define and save up to six polar functions (Chapter 5). You can show simultaneously the graph screen and a related editor, such as histograms, points, x-y lines, or box-and-...
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... the display shows the Home screen as it was when you last used it, and errors are cleared. ¦ If APD turned the calculator off, the TI.82, including the display, cursor, and any error conditions, will be exactly as you left them. ¦ All settings and memory contents are... After about five minutes without any activity, APDé (Automatic Power Down™) turns the TI.82 off automatically. Turning the Calculator Off Press and release y and then press ãOFFä to turn the TI.82 off. ¦ Any error condition is cleared. ¦ All settings and memory contents are ...
... the display shows the Home screen as it was when you last used it, and errors are cleared. ¦ If APD turned the calculator off, the TI.82, including the display, cursor, and any error conditions, will be exactly as you left them. ¦ All settings and memory contents are... After about five minutes without any activity, APDé (Automatic Power Down™) turns the TI.82 off automatically. Turning the Calculator Off Press and release y and then press ãOFFä to turn the TI.82 off. ¦ Any error condition is cleared. ¦ All settings and memory contents are ...
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...the display begins to dim (especially during calculations), and you must adjust the contrast to zero, the display may appear very dark after you change the contrast setting, the display contrast changes, and a number in memory when the TI.82 is retained in the upper right corner indicates... at any time. When to a setting of the display contrast. Note: The display contrast may become completely blank. Use one setting. Operating the TI.82 1-3 As you change batteries. Press and release y and then press and hold } until the display reappears. To adjust the contrast: 1. Press ...
...the display begins to dim (especially during calculations), and you must adjust the contrast to zero, the display may appear very dark after you change the contrast setting, the display contrast changes, and a number in memory when the TI.82 is retained in the upper right corner indicates... at any time. When to a setting of the display contrast. Note: The display contrast may become completely blank. Use one setting. Operating the TI.82 1-3 As you change batteries. Press and release y and then press and hold } until the display reappears. To adjust the contrast: 1. Press ...
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...or ƒ on a screen on which are described in the upper right of the cursor location. If you pause a graph or a program, the busy indicator is calculating or graphing, a moving vertical bar shows in the appropriate chapter. Display Cursors In most cases, the appearance of the cursor indicates ... over any character. If you press the next key. Busy Indicator When the TI.82 is a dotted bar.) Operating the TI.82 1-5 Blinking underline The next keystroke is inserted in front of the display as the MODE screen or a graph), # or A appears in a name, or memory is entered at the ...
...or ƒ on a screen on which are described in the upper right of the cursor location. If you pause a graph or a program, the busy indicator is calculating or graphing, a moving vertical bar shows in the appropriate chapter. Display Cursors In most cases, the appearance of the cursor indicates ... over any character. If you press the next key. Busy Indicator When the TI.82 is a dotted bar.) Operating the TI.82 1-5 Blinking underline The next keystroke is inserted in front of the display as the MODE screen or a graph), # or A appears in a name, or memory is entered at the ...
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... a value is written. You enter instructions, which return a value, in the letters L O G. (If you type LOG, the TI.82 interprets the entry as implied multiplication of numbers, variables, functions, and their arguments that it out. You must press « 4 5. On the...They are symbols with a colon (:). Most TI.82 functions and operations are all stored together in them with several characters in Last Entry (page 1.14). 1-6 Operating the TI.82 For example, to calculate an answer. Entering Expressions and Instructions On the TI.82, you must enter the symbol from the ...
... a value is written. You enter instructions, which return a value, in the letters L O G. (If you type LOG, the TI.82 interprets the entry as implied multiplication of numbers, variables, functions, and their arguments that it out. You must press « 4 5. On the...They are symbols with a colon (:). Most TI.82 functions and operations are all stored together in them with several characters in Last Entry (page 1.14). 1-6 Operating the TI.82 For example, to calculate an answer. Entering Expressions and Instructions On the TI.82, you must enter the symbol from the ...
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... end of the number that clears any drawn elements from a graph. Interrupting a Calculation While the busy indicator is displayed, indicating that a calculation or a graph is in progress, you can press É to stop the calculation. (There may be used in Scientific Notation 1. Press y ...arguments, min(5,8). E appears in the previous example. For example and log were the functions in the display. 3. Operating the TI.82 1-7 If the exponent is an instruction that precedes the exponent. For example, Circle( requires three arguments, Circle(0,0,5). Instructions An ...
... end of the number that clears any drawn elements from a graph. Interrupting a Calculation While the busy indicator is displayed, indicating that a calculation or a graph is in progress, you can press É to stop the calculation. (There may be used in Scientific Notation 1. Press y ...arguments, min(5,8). E appears in the previous example. For example and log were the functions in the display. 3. Operating the TI.82 1-7 If the exponent is an instruction that precedes the exponent. For example, Circle( requires three arguments, Circle(0,0,5). Instructions An ...
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... edit screen. Dot plots only the calculated points of X. Degree interprets the values as radians. Simul (simultaneous) graphing evaluates and plots all selected functions for a single value of X and then evaluates and plots them for the selected functions. Operating the TI.82 1-11 Seq (sequence) graphing plots sequences (Chapter 6). Answers display in trig functions and...
... edit screen. Dot plots only the calculated points of X. Degree interprets the values as radians. Simul (simultaneous) graphing evaluates and plots all selected functions for a single value of X and then evaluates and plots them for the selected functions. Operating the TI.82 1-11 Seq (sequence) graphing plots sequences (Chapter 6). Answers display in trig functions and...
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... evaluated, the TI.82 uses the value of Ans in the calculation. Calculate the area of a garden plot 1.7 meters by the function. 5¥2 Í ¯ 9.9 Í Storing Answers To store an answer, store Ans to represent the last answer in the variable V. Then calculate the yield per... an Expression You can use the variable Ans to a variable before you turn the TI.82 off, the value in Ans is retained in the next expression without entering the value again or pressing y ãANSä. Then calculate the volume of a cylinder of 147 tomatoes. 1.7 ¯ 4.2 Í 147...
... evaluated, the TI.82 uses the value of Ans in the calculation. Calculate the area of a garden plot 1.7 meters by the function. 5¥2 Í ¯ 9.9 Í Storing Answers To store an answer, store Ans to represent the last answer in the variable V. Then calculate the yield per... an Expression You can use the variable Ans to a variable before you turn the TI.82 off, the value in Ans is retained in the next expression without entering the value again or pressing y ãANSä. Then calculate the volume of a cylinder of 147 tomatoes. 1.7 ¯ 4.2 Í 147...
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Press 6. Press to evaluate the expression. 1-18 Operating the TI.82 To select 3‡, you may either press 4 or press 3. Calculate 63‡27. 1. Press 27 and then press Í to display the MATH menu. 2.
Press 6. Press to evaluate the expression. 1-18 Operating the TI.82 To select 3‡, you may either press 4 or press 3. Calculate 63‡27. 1. Press 27 and then press Í to display the MATH menu. 2.
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... 10 Logic operator and. 11 Logic operators or and xor. Within a priority group, EOS evaluates functions from right to left to right. Calculations within a pair of Evaluation A function returns a value. EOS™ (Equation Operating System) The Equation Operating System (EOSé) defines...simple, straightforward sequence. EOS lets you enter numbers and functions in expressions are entered and evaluated on the TI.82. Order of parentheses are encountered. 1-20 Operating the TI.82 However, two or more single-argument functions that precede the argument, such as negation, ‡, sin, ...
... 10 Logic operator and. 11 Logic operators or and xor. Within a priority group, EOS evaluates functions from right to left to right. Calculations within a pair of Evaluation A function returns a value. EOS™ (Equation Operating System) The Equation Operating System (EOSé) defines...simple, straightforward sequence. EOS lets you enter numbers and functions in expressions are entered and evaluated on the TI.82. Order of parentheses are encountered. 1-20 Operating the TI.82 However, two or more single-argument functions that precede the argument, such as negation, ‡, sin, ...
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Parentheses All calculations inside the parentheses, 1+2, and then multiplies the answer, 3, by an open " parenthetical elements are closed automatically at the end of an expression and preceding the ! (store) or display conversion instructions. Operating the TI.82 1-21 All "open parenthesis, it is M81. ...to square a negative number: (M9)2. If you press Ì to indicate subtraction, as implied multiplication (A...MB). On the TI.82, negation is in the fourth group in 9 Ì 7, it understands 2p, 4 sin 46, 5(1+2), and (2...5)7 as squaring, are completed...
Parentheses All calculations inside the parentheses, 1+2, and then multiplies the answer, 3, by an open " parenthetical elements are closed automatically at the end of an expression and preceding the ! (store) or display conversion instructions. Operating the TI.82 1-21 All "open parenthesis, it is M81. ...to square a negative number: (M9)2. If you press Ì to indicate subtraction, as implied multiplication (A...MB). On the TI.82, negation is in the fourth group in 9 Ì 7, it understands 2p, 4 sin 46, 5(1+2), and (2...5)7 as squaring, are completed...
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... an error, it evaluates an expression, executes an instruction, plots a graph, or stores a value. Correcting an Error 1. Additional information about the error message. 4. Correct the expression. 1-22 Operating the TI.82 Calculations stop and an error message with a menu displays immediately. Select Goto, if that option... detail in front of a Y= function during program execution, this option returns the user to the Home screen. Error Conditions The TI.82 detects any errors at the time it displays the error screen. The top line indicates the general type of the error. 2. ...
... an error, it evaluates an expression, executes an instruction, plots a graph, or stores a value. Correcting an Error 1. Additional information about the error message. 4. Correct the expression. 1-22 Operating the TI.82 Calculations stop and an error message with a menu displays immediately. Select Goto, if that option... detail in front of a Y= function during program execution, this option returns the user to the Home screen. Error Conditions The TI.82 detects any errors at the time it displays the error screen. The top line indicates the general type of the error. 2. ...
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...; to enter a lottery where 6 numbers will be drawn out of winning if you must pick all 6 numbers (in scientific notation on the TI.82 because it is expressed in any order). This is 0.00000007151123842. 4. The decimal equivalent is the total number of possible combinations of 6 numbers drawn... winning with five tickets, press ¯ 5 Í. To win, you buy five tickets? 1. To calculate the probability of 49 numbers. The answer is so small. To calculate the probability of winning if you have one chance in fixed notation. The decimal equivalent is a fast-paced ...
...; to enter a lottery where 6 numbers will be drawn out of winning if you must pick all 6 numbers (in scientific notation on the TI.82 because it is expressed in any order). This is 0.00000007151123842. 4. The decimal equivalent is the total number of possible combinations of 6 numbers drawn... winning with five tickets, press ¯ 5 Í. To win, you buy five tickets? 1. To calculate the probability of 49 numbers. The answer is so small. To calculate the probability of winning if you have one chance in fixed notation. The decimal equivalent is a fast-paced ...
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... y ãexä) may be used with a number, expression, or list. Mvalue EOS rules (Chapter 1) determine when negation is stored as a constant in calculations. 2-4 Math, Angle, and Test Operations e^1 returns the value of a number, expression, list, or matrix (Chapter 10). Press y ãpä to copy the... symbol p to EOS rules). For example, MA2 returns a negative number (squaring is used internally in the TI.82. log, 10^, ln log (logarithm «), 10^ (power of ten y ã10xä), and ln (natural log y ãlnä) may...
... y ãexä) may be used with a number, expression, or list. Mvalue EOS rules (Chapter 1) determine when negation is stored as a constant in calculations. 2-4 Math, Angle, and Test Operations e^1 returns the value of a number, expression, list, or matrix (Chapter 10). Press y ãpä to copy the... symbol p to EOS rules). For example, MA2 returns a negative number (squaring is used internally in the TI.82. log, 10^, ln log (logarithm «), 10^ (power of ten y ã10xä), and ln (natural log y ãlnä) may...