Tip 5: Adjusting The Viewing Window - Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Software Manual

_ TIpË 5: Adjusting the Viewing Window
You can adjust the viewing window for a specific graph. For example, with the
viewing window default values of
shown in the screen below on the left.
easily seen in this window. You can adjust the window (
axis and axis to see the graph in a better perspective.
X Y
Calculator Keys Used in This _ TIp
_ TIp Highlights
Window values put specific boundaries on the graph screen.
automatically adjust window values for you; however, you can manually set window values
using the window (
, and
Xmax, Ymin Ymax
and axis ( and
Y Xscl
• Ë
In the Try-It! example, you will adjust the viewing window values in two ways.
Automatically adjust them by selecting a zoom function from the
Manually adjust them using the window (
In the example that follows, you see how to change window (
perspective of the graph of
Note: The examples in the next section assume that the calculator has been reset to the default settings as described in
TIp 1: Resetting Your Calculator .
•
Fundamental Topics in Science
/ ^
10 X
Y increases so rapidly in relation to
Y =50X viewed
1
with the default
window values.
S
) menu. You can set minimum and maximum
), and you can set the scale (distance between tick marks) of the
).
Yscl
.
Y =50X
1
© 2001 Texas Instruments
•

TIp 5: Adjusting the Viewing Window

^ / ^ ^
10 and 10 Y 10, the graph of
) values by scaling the
ZOOM
S
) menu.
ZStandard
Y =50X appears as
1
X that this line is not
Y =50X viewed with
1
adjusted window
values.
T
( ) functions
and values (
X Y Xmin
axis
X
( ) menu.
ZOOM
) values to see a different
,
• TIp 5-1