Transform – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Geometry

incircle

Draws the incircle of a triangle, the circle tangent to all three

sides of the triangle.

incircle(point1, point2, point3)

Example:

incircle(GA, GB, GC) draws the incircle of ΔABC.

locus

Given a first point and a second point that is an element of (a

point on) a geometric object, draws the locus of the first point

as the second point traverses its object.

locus(point,element)

parabola

Draws a parabola, given a focus point and a directrix line, or

the vertex of the parabola and a real number that represents

the focal length.

parabola(point,line)

or

parabola(vertex,real)

Examples:

parabola(GA, GB) draws a parabola whose focus is point

A and whose directrix is line B.

parabola(GA, 1) draws a parabola whose vertex is point

A and whose focal length is 1.

Transform

dilation

Dilates a geometric object, with respect to a center point, by

a scale factor.

homothety(point, realk, object)

Example:

homothety(GA, 2, GB) creates a dilation centered at

point A that has a scale factor of 2. Each point P on geometric
object B has its image P’ on ray AP such that AP’=2AP.

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