Table Of Contents - Texas Instruments TI-84 PLUS - Graphing Calculator Manual Book

Contents
Important Information .................................................................................................................... ii
Chapter 1:
Operating the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition .................................................................... 1
Documentation Conventions .......................................................................................................... 1
TI-84 Plus Keyboard ......................................................................................................................... 1
Turning On and Turning Off the TI-84 Plus .................................................................................... 3
Setting the Display Contrast ........................................................................................................... 4
The Display ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Interchangeable Faceplates ............................................................................................................ 8
Using the Clock ................................................................................................................................ 9
Entering Expressions and Instructions .......................................................................................... 11
Setting Modes ................................................................................................................................ 14
Using TI-84 Plus Variable Names ................................................................................................... 19
Storing Variable Values ................................................................................................................. 20
Recalling Variable Values .............................................................................................................. 21
Scrolling Through Previous Entries on the Home Screen ............................................................ 22
ENTRY (Last Entry) Storage Area .................................................................................................. 22
TI-84 Plus Menus ............................................................................................................................ 25
VARS and VARS Y-VARS Menus ..................................................................................................... 27
Equation Operating System (EOS™) ............................................................................................. 29
Special Features of the TI-84 Plus ................................................................................................. 30
Other TI-84 Plus Features .............................................................................................................. 31
Error Conditions ............................................................................................................................. 33
Chapter 2:
Math, Angle, and Test Operations ......................................................................... 35
Getting Started: Coin Flip ............................................................................................................. 35
Keyboard Math Operations .......................................................................................................... 36
MATH Operations .......................................................................................................................... 38
Using the Equation Solver ............................................................................................................. 42
MATH NUM (Number) Operations ................................................................................................ 45
Entering and Using Complex Numbers ........................................................................................ 50
MATH CPX (Complex) Operations ................................................................................................ 54
MATH PRB (Probability) Operations ............................................................................................. 56
ANGLE Operations ......................................................................................................................... 59
TEST (Relational) Operations ........................................................................................................ 62
TEST LOGIC (Boolean) Operations ................................................................................................ 63
Chapter 3:
Function Graphing .................................................................................................. 65
Getting Started: Graphing a Circle ............................................................................................... 65
Defining Graphs ............................................................................................................................. 66
Setting the Graph Modes .............................................................................................................. 67
Defining Functions ........................................................................................................................ 68
Selecting and Deselecting Functions ............................................................................................ 69
Setting Graph Styles for Functions ............................................................................................... 71
Setting the Viewing Window Variables ....................................................................................... 73
Setting the Graph Format ............................................................................................................. 74
Displaying Graphs .......................................................................................................................... 76
Exploring Graphs with the Free-Moving Cursor .......................................................................... 78
Exploring Graphs with TRACE ....................................................................................................... 78
Exploring Graphs with the ZOOM Instructions ............................................................................ 80
Using ZOOM MEMORY .................................................................................................................. 85
Using the CALC (Calculate) Operations ........................................................................................ 87
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