The table menus – Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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Chapter 7: Tables

07TABLES.DOC TI-86, Chap 7, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:25 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:02 PM Page 112 of 6

07TABLES.DOC TI-86, Chap 7, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:25 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:02 PM Page 112 of 6

07TABLES.DOC TI-86, Chap 7, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:25 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:02 PM Page 112 of 6

The Table Menus

7 &

The table has a unique menu for each graphing mode, as shown below.

In Function Graphing Mode

In Parametric Graphing Mode

TBLST

SELCT

x

y

TBLST

SELCT

t

xt

yt

In Polar Graphing Mode

In Differential Equation Graphing Mode

TBLST

SELCT

q

r

TBLST

SELCT

t

Q

TBLST

Displays the table setup editor

SELCT

On the edit line, deselects or cancels deselection of the equation

x

and

y

;

q and

r

;

t

,

xt

,

and

yt

; or

t

and

Q

On the edit line, pastes the variable to the cursor location; the variables
change according to graphing mode

♦

To add an equation to the table, select it in the equation editor (Chapter 5).

SELCT

only

removes equations from the table.

♦

To remove an equation from a column in the table, select

SELCT

from the table menu.

Remaining equations that follow the removed equation shift left one column.

♦

To deselect an equation with

SELCT

, the equation and cursor must be displayed in the

edit line. If the equation is in the edit line but the cursor is not, press b.

♦

To compare two dependent variables not defined consecutively in the equation editor,
use

SELCT

from the table screen menu to deselect the dependent variables in between.

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