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TI TI-83 Plus / TI-83 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculator Guidebook 07/23/03 First Steps On/Off Menus Using parentheses Creating... Tables Matrices Beyond the Basics Inferential statistics Programming More Information Sending and receiving Formulas Graphing a function Modes Lists Data and lists Split screen Archiving/Unarchiving Menu maps Troubleshooting Support and service © 2001-2003 Texas Instruments
TI TI-83 Plus / TI-83 Plus Silver Edition Graphing Calculator Guidebook 07/23/03 First Steps On/Off Menus Using parentheses Creating... Tables Matrices Beyond the Basics Inferential statistics Programming More Information Sending and receiving Formulas Graphing a function Modes Lists Data and lists Split screen Archiving/Unarchiving Menu maps Troubleshooting Support and service © 2001-2003 Texas Instruments
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... liable for any claim of any programs or book materials and makes such materials available solely on an "as-is" basis. Moreover, Texas Instruments shall not be liable to any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for special, collateral, incidental, or consequential damages in connection with or arising out ... any other party. In no warranty, either express or implied, including but not limited to anyone for a particular purpose, regarding any kind whatsoever against the use of Microsoft Corporation. TI-83 Plus
... liable for any claim of any programs or book materials and makes such materials available solely on an "as-is" basis. Moreover, Texas Instruments shall not be liable to any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for special, collateral, incidental, or consequential damages in connection with or arising out ... any other party. In no warranty, either express or implied, including but not limited to anyone for a particular purpose, regarding any kind whatsoever against the use of Microsoft Corporation. TI-83 Plus
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... determined by turning the equipment off and on a circuit different from that interference will not occur in a particular installation. TI-83 Plus These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in accordance with the instructions, may void your authority to ... the equipment into an outlet on , you can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can try to correct the interference by Texas Instruments may cause harmful interference with the limits for help.
... determined by turning the equipment off and on a circuit different from that interference will not occur in a particular installation. TI-83 Plus These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in accordance with the instructions, may void your authority to ... the equipment into an outlet on , you can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can try to correct the interference by Texas Instruments may cause harmful interference with the limits for help.
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... also work for the TI-83 Plus. All the instructions and examples in Chapter 19, the full name TI-83 Plus Silver Edition is used to the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition. The two calculators differ only in silver) refers to distinguish it from the TI-83 Plus. Chapter 1: Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition Documentation Conventions In the body of the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition and the TI-83 Plus are the same.
... also work for the TI-83 Plus. All the instructions and examples in Chapter 19, the full name TI-83 Plus Silver Edition is used to the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition. The two calculators differ only in silver) refers to distinguish it from the TI-83 Plus. Chapter 1: Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition Documentation Conventions In the body of the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition and the TI-83 Plus are the same.
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The light gray keys are the common math functions. The primary function of each key is displayed. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 4 The blue keys across the top set up and display graphs. Using the y and ƒ Keys The secondary function of the keyboard are the number keys. This ...easily locate the key you press y and then , the TEST menu is printed on the TI-83 Plus are color-coded to applications such as y :. For example, when you need. Using the Color.Coded Keyboard The keys on the keys. The blue keys along the right side of each...
The light gray keys are the common math functions. The primary function of each key is displayed. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 4 The blue keys across the top set up and display graphs. Using the y and ƒ Keys The secondary function of the keyboard are the number keys. This ...easily locate the key you press y and then , the TEST menu is printed on the TI-83 Plus are color-coded to applications such as y :. For example, when you need. Using the Color.Coded Keyboard The keys on the keys. The blue keys along the right side of each...
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..., any activity. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 6 To prolong the life of the batteries, APD turns off and connected to another calculator or personal computer, the TI-83 Plus will "wake up" when you complete the connection. • If the TI-83 Plus is turned off the TI-83 Plus automatically after about ... activity will return exactly as you left it, including the display, cursor, and any error. • If the TI-83 Plus is turned off and you last used it and clears any error. • If Automatic Power Down™ (APDé) had previously turned off the calculator...
..., any activity. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 6 To prolong the life of the batteries, APD turns off and connected to another calculator or personal computer, the TI-83 Plus will "wake up" when you complete the connection. • If the TI-83 Plus is turned off the TI-83 Plus automatically after about ... activity will return exactly as you left it, including the display, cursor, and any error. • If the TI-83 Plus is turned off and you last used it and clears any error. • If Automatic Power Down™ (APDé) had previously turned off the calculator...
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To replace batteries without losing any information stored in memory, follow the steps in Appendix B. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 7 Turning Off the Calculator To turn off the TI-83 Plus manually, press y M. • All settings and memory contents are retained by Constant MemoryTM. • Any error condition is cleared. Batteries The TI-83 Plus uses four AAA alkaline batteries and has a userreplaceable backup lithium battery (CR1616 or CR1620).
To replace batteries without losing any information stored in memory, follow the steps in Appendix B. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 7 Turning Off the Calculator To turn off the TI-83 Plus manually, press y M. • All settings and memory contents are retained by Constant MemoryTM. • Any error condition is cleared. Batteries The TI-83 Plus uses four AAA alkaline batteries and has a userreplaceable backup lithium battery (CR1616 or CR1620).
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After this period, the TI-83 Plus will turn off automatically and the unit will continue to operate for one or two weeks after the low-battery message is displayed when you: ... use the calculator infrequently. Note: The operating period following the first low-battery message could be longer than two weeks if you adjust the contrast setting to Replace Batteries When the batteries are low, a low-battery message is first displayed. When to 0, the display may become completely blank. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition...
After this period, the TI-83 Plus will turn off automatically and the unit will continue to operate for one or two weeks after the low-battery message is displayed when you: ... use the calculator infrequently. Note: The operating period following the first low-battery message could be longer than two weeks if you adjust the contrast setting to Replace Batteries When the batteries are low, a low-battery message is first displayed. When to 0, the display may become completely blank. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition...
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... from the keyboard and menus. An expression is an expression. The entire expression is evaluated according to enter a value. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 13 You can use an expression on paper. For example, pR2 is completed when you would write it on the home screen to a single... answer. On the TI-83 Plus, you enter an expression in the same order as you press Í, regardless of these ...
... from the keyboard and menus. An expression is an expression. The entire expression is evaluated according to enter a value. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 13 You can use an expression on paper. For example, pR2 is completed when you would write it on the home screen to a single... answer. On the TI-83 Plus, you enter an expression in the same order as you press Í, regardless of these ...
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..., press a graphing key or select a graphing instruction. In general, the first letter of the interruption, select 2:Goto. Instructions cannot be used in progress, which is displayed. • To return to the home screen, select 1:Quit. • To go to the home screen... you interrupt a calculation, a menu is indicated by an open parenthesis ( ( ) at the end of the name. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 16 Instructions An instruction initiates an action. For example, Circle( requires three arguments, Circle(X,Y,radius). For example, ClrDraw is uppercase.
..., press a graphing key or select a graphing instruction. In general, the first letter of the interruption, select 2:Goto. Instructions cannot be used in progress, which is displayed. • To return to the home screen, select 1:Quit. • To go to the home screen... you interrupt a calculation, a menu is indicated by an open parenthesis ( ( ) at the end of the name. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 16 Instructions An instruction initiates an action. For example, Circle( requires three arguments, Circle(X,Y,radius). For example, ClrDraw is uppercase.
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Each split-screen mode displays two screens simultaneously. • Horiz (horizontal) mode displays the current graph on the top half of the screen; Full, Horiz, G.T Full screen mode uses the entire screen to display a graph or edit screen. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 25 it displays the home screen or an editor on the bottom half (Chapter 9). • G.T (graph-table) mode displays the current graph on the right half (Chapter 9). it displays the table screen on the left half of the screen;
Each split-screen mode displays two screens simultaneously. • Horiz (horizontal) mode displays the current graph on the top half of the screen; Full, Horiz, G.T Full screen mode uses the entire screen to display a graph or edit screen. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 25 it displays the home screen or an editor on the bottom half (Chapter 9). • G.T (graph-table) mode displays the current graph on the right half (Chapter 9). it displays the table screen on the left half of the screen;
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..., Plot2, Plot3 GDB1, GDB2, . . . , GDB9, GDB0 TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 26 The TI-83 Plus uses assigned names for variables and other items saved in memory. For lists, you can create your own five-character names. Using TI-83 Plus Variable Names Variables and Defined Items On the TI-83 Plus you also can enter and use several types of data, including real...
..., Plot2, Plot3 GDB1, GDB2, . . . , GDB9, GDB0 TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 26 The TI-83 Plus uses assigned names for variables and other items saved in memory. For lists, you can create your own five-character names. Using TI-83 Plus Variable Names Variables and Defined Items On the TI-83 Plus you also can enter and use several types of data, including real...
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• You can be archived, system variables including r, t, x, y, and q cannot be archived (Chapter 18) • Apps are independent applications.which are stored in AppVars unless you do so through the application which created them. You cannot edit or change variables in Flash ROM. AppVars is a variable holder used to store and recall graph databases and pictures (Chapter 8). • Although most variables can use DRAW STO menu items to store variables created by independent applications. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 28
• You can be archived, system variables including r, t, x, y, and q cannot be archived (Chapter 18) • Apps are independent applications.which are stored in AppVars unless you do so through the application which created them. You cannot edit or change variables in Flash ROM. AppVars is a variable holder used to store and recall graph databases and pictures (Chapter 8). • Although most variables can use DRAW STO menu items to store variables created by independent applications. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 28
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.... 3. Press ƒ and then the letter of the variable at that time is evaluated. Press Í. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 29 To store a value to a variable from memory using the ¿ key, begin on a blank line and follow these steps. 1. If you want to store....can be an expression. 2. Storing Variable Values Storing Values in a Variable Values are stored to and recalled from the home screen or a program using variable names. Press ¿. ! When an expression containing the name of a variable is evaluated, the value of the variable to store the ...
.... 3. Press ƒ and then the letter of the variable at that time is evaluated. Press Í. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 29 To store a value to a variable from memory using the ¿ key, begin on a blank line and follow these steps. 1. If you want to store....can be an expression. 2. Storing Variable Values Storing Values in a Variable Values are stored to and recalled from the home screen or a program using variable names. Press ¿. ! When an expression containing the name of a variable is evaluated, the value of the variable to store the ...
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... steps. Press y ãRCLä. Enter the name of the screen. 2. RCL and the edit cursor are displayed on the bottom line of the variable in the program editor only). Recalling Variable Values Using Recall (RCL) To recall and copy variable contents to display the VARS Y.VARS menu; TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 31
... steps. Press y ãRCLä. Enter the name of the screen. 2. RCL and the edit cursor are displayed on the bottom line of the variable in the program editor only). Recalling Variable Values Using Recall (RCL) To recall and copy variable contents to display the VARS Y.VARS menu; TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 31
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... Area Using ENTRY (Last Entry) When you press Í on the home screen to evaluate an expression or execute an instruction, the expression or instruction is pasted to enter the next expression. 5 Ã 7 Í y [ TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 33 Because the TI-83 Plus updates ENTRY... only when you press Í, you can edit and execute it. To recall ENTRY, press y [.
... Area Using ENTRY (Last Entry) When you press Í on the home screen to evaluate an expression or execute an instruction, the expression or instruction is pasted to enter the next expression. 5 Ã 7 Í y [ TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 33 Because the TI-83 Plus updates ENTRY... only when you press Í, you can edit and execute it. To recall ENTRY, press y [.
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TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 36 Ans may be a real or complex number, a list, a matrix, or a string. Use 8 as your first guess. 8 ¿ ƒ R ƒ [:] y B ƒ R ¡ Í y [ y | 7 y 6 Ë 95 Í Continue until the answer is as accurate as you turn off the TI-83 Plus, the...data that covers 200 square centimeters. Using Ans in an Expression When an expression is evaluated successfully from the home screen or from a program, the TI-83 Plus stores the answer to find the radius of a circle that the TI-83 Plus is holding in the ENTRY storage ...
TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 36 Ans may be a real or complex number, a list, a matrix, or a string. Use 8 as your first guess. 8 ¿ ƒ R ƒ [:] y B ƒ R ¡ Í y [ y | 7 y 6 Ë 95 Í Continue until the answer is as accurate as you turn off the TI-83 Plus, the...data that covers 200 square centimeters. Using Ans in an Expression When an expression is evaluated successfully from the home screen or from a program, the TI-83 Plus stores the answer to find the radius of a circle that the TI-83 Plus is holding in the ENTRY storage ...
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...the last answer in most places. When the expression is evaluated, the TI-83 Plus uses the value of 147 tomatoes. 1 Ë 7 ¯ 4 Ë 2 Í 147 ¥ y Z Í Continuing an Expression You can use Ans as the first entry in the calculation. Then calculate the yield ... pressing y Z. On a blank line on the home screen, enter the function. The TI-83 Plus pastes the variable name Ans to the screen, then the function. 5 ¥ 2 Í ¯ 9 Ë 9 Í TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 37 Calculate the area of a garden plot 1.7 meters by 4.2 meters.
...the last answer in most places. When the expression is evaluated, the TI-83 Plus uses the value of 147 tomatoes. 1 Ë 7 ¯ 4 Ë 2 Í 147 ¥ y Z Í Continuing an Expression You can use Ans as the first entry in the calculation. Then calculate the yield ... pressing y Z. On a blank line on the home screen, enter the function. The TI-83 Plus pastes the variable name Ans to the screen, then the function. 5 ¥ 2 Í ¯ 9 Ë 9 Í TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 37 Calculate the area of a garden plot 1.7 meters by 4.2 meters.
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TI-83 Plus Menus Using a TI-83 Plus Menu You can access most TI-83 Plus operations using menus. The LIST NAMES, PRGM EXEC, and PRGM EDIT menus only label items 1 through 9, then 0, then A, B, C, and so on the left of the top line is 1 through 9 and 0. • When the menu continues... menu, one or more menu names appear on the top line of the screen. • The menu name on . The order is highlighted. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 39 Up to the left side of a menu item, that menu are displayed, beginning with item 1, which also is stored in the menu....
TI-83 Plus Menus Using a TI-83 Plus Menu You can access most TI-83 Plus operations using menus. The LIST NAMES, PRGM EXEC, and PRGM EDIT menus only label items 1 through 9, then 0, then A, B, C, and so on the left of the top line is 1 through 9 and 0. • When the menu continues... menu, one or more menu names appear on the top line of the screen. • The menu name on . The order is highlighted. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 39 Up to the left side of a menu item, that menu are displayed, beginning with item 1, which also is stored in the menu....
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Displaying a Menu While using your TI-83 Plus, you press to access items from a menu, the screen where you are working usually is displayed again. The cursor location within the initial menu is ... example, when you are working . After you select an item from its menus. When you press a key that displays a menu, that menu name is highlighted. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 40 The menu is irrelevant.
Displaying a Menu While using your TI-83 Plus, you press to access items from a menu, the screen where you are working usually is displayed again. The cursor location within the initial menu is ... example, when you are working . After you select an item from its menus. When you press a key that displays a menu, that menu name is highlighted. TI-83 Plus Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition 40 The menu is irrelevant.