Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 User Manual

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learn how to enter a function, produce a graph of the function, trace a curve, find a
minimum point, and transfer the minimum coordinates to the Home screen.

Explore the graphing capabilities of the TI-89 Titanium by graphing the function
y=(|x

2

N3|N10)/2.

Steps and keystrokes

Display

1. Display the

Y= Editor

.

Press

8 #

2. Enter the function

(abs(x

2

N

3)

N

10)/2

.

The screen shot shows the “pretty print”
display at

y1=

.

Press

c ½ A ¸ X Z 2 | 3 d

| 1 0 d e 2 ¸

3. Display the graph of the function.

Select

6:ZoomStd

by pressing

6

or by

moving the cursor to

6:ZoomStd

and

pressing

¸.

Press

„ 6

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