Chapter 16: Programming; Getting Started: Volume Of A Cylinder - Texas Instruments TI-84 PLUS - Graphing Calculator Manual Book

Chapter 16:
Programming

Getting Started: Volume of a Cylinder

Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
A program is a set of commands that the TI-84 Plus executes sequentially, as if you had entered
them from the keyboard. Create a program that prompts for the radius R and the height H of a
cylinder and then computes its volume.
1. Press  ~ ~ to display the
2. Press Í to select
prompt is displayed, and alpha-lock is on. Press
, and then press Í to name the
Y L I N D E R
program
CYLINDER
You are now in the program editor. The colon (
in the first column of the second line indicates the
beginning of a command line.
3. Press  ~
to select
2
menu.
PRGM I/O Prompt
line. Press ƒ
variable names for radius and height. Press
Í.
4. Press y B ƒ
Í to enter the expression pR
the variable .
V
5. Press  ~
to select
3
menu.
PRGM I/O Disp
line. Press y 7
ƒ ¢ ƒ
V
display the text
VOLUME IS
calculated value of
6. Press y 5 to display the home screen.
PRGM NEW
. The
1:Create New
.
from the
2:Prompt
is copied to the command
¢ ƒ
to enter the
R H
¡ ƒ ¿ ƒ
R H
2
H and store it to
from the
3:Disp
is pasted to the command
ã O
[ ] V O L U M E
Í to set up the program to
on one line and the
on the next.
V
menu.
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C
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:
V
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