Texas Instruments TI-73 User Manual

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Using the TI-73: A Guide for Teachers

Probability

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c. Starting from the first line in

L

1

, enter the possible

points as shown in the screen at the right. (You’ll
get an error if

L

1

is still highlighted.) Press b

after each list item.

d. Follow the same procedure to enter the class data

into

L

2

.

17. Now graph a histogram.

a. Access the

STAT PLOTS

menu.

- e (above the & key)

b. Make sure the other plots are off.

Q b

c. Select

Plot 1

.

- e b

d. With the cursor blinking on the word

On

, select it.

b

e. Move to

Type

and select the histogram (second

row, second from left Ò).

# " " " " " b

f.

Move to

Xlist

. If

L

1

is not already set, set it to

L

1

.

# - v b

g. Move to

Freq

. If

L

2

is not already set, set it to

L

2

.

# - v Z

Your screen should look like the one at the right.

h. Set up the viewing window.

'
Enter the numbers as shown in the screen at the
right. Use # to move down the fields.
Change

Ymax

to match your class data.

Set

Ymin

to

-50

so that both the values and the

graph show during tracing.

Note that

@

X

is

determined by the TI-73,

depending on what is

entered for

Xmin

and

Xmax

.

Xscl

represents the

width of the bar on the

histogram.

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