Line – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Geometry

Line

Segment

Tap where you want one endpoint to be and press

E

.

Tap where you want the other endpoint to be and press

E

. A segment is drawn between the two end points.

Keyboard shortcut:

r

Ray

Tap where you want the endpoint to be and press

E

.

Tap a point that you want the ray to pass through and press

E

. A ray is drawn from the first point and through the

second point.

Line

Tap at a point you want the line to pass through and press

E

. Tap at another point you want the line to pass

through and press

E

. A line is drawn through the two

points.
Keyboard shortcut:

j

Vector

Tap where you want one endpoint to be and press

E

.

Tap where you want the other endpoint to be and press

E

. A vector is drawn between the two end points.

Angle bisector

Tap the point that is the vertex of the angle to be bisected (A)
and press

E

. Tap another point (B) and press

E

.

Tap a third point (C) and press

E

. A line is drawn

through A bisecting the angle formed by AB and AC.

Perpendicular

bisector

Tap one point and press

E

. Tap another point and

press

E

. These two points define a segment. A line is

drawn perpendicular to the segment through its midpoint. It
does not matter if the segment is actually defined in the
Symbolic view or not. Alternately, tap to select a segment and
press

E

.

If you are drawing a perpendicular bisector to a segment,
choose the segment first and then select Perp. Bisector from
the Line menu. The bisector is drawn immediately without you
having to select any points. Just press

E

to save the

bisector.

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