Y-slice plots, Y-slice plots ,12-39 – HP 50g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Θ Press @EDIT!L @LABEL @MENU to see the graph with labels and ranges.

Θ Press LL@)PICT@CANCL to return to the PLOT WINDOW environment.
Θ Press $ , or L@@@OK@@@, to return to normal calculator display.

Try also a Ps-Contour plot for the surface z = f(x,y) = sin x cos y.

Θ Press „ô, simultaneously if in RPN mode, to access the PLOT SETUP

window.

Θ Press ˜ and type ‘SIN(X)*COS(Y)’ @@@OK@@@.
Θ Press @ERASE @DRAW to draw the slope field plot. Press @EDIT L@)LABEL @MENU to

see the plot unencumbered by the menu and with identifying labels.

Θ Press LL@)PICT to leave the EDIT environment.
Θ Press @CANCL to return to the PLOT WINDOW environment. Then, press

$ , or L@@@OK@@@, to return to normal calculator display.

Y-Slice plots

Y-Slice plots are animated plots of z-vs.-y for different values of x from the
function z = f(x,y). For example, to produce a Y-Slice plot for the surface z =

x

3

-xy

3

, use the following:

Θ Press „ô, simultaneously if in RPN mode, to access to the PLOT

SETUP window.

Θ Change

TYPE

to

Y-Slice.

Θ Press ˜ and type ‘X^3+X*Y^3’ @@@OK@@@.

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