Creating Lines, Segments, Rays, And Vectors - Texas Instruments TI-89 User Manual

Creating Lines, Segments, Rays, and Vectors

Creating a Line
Tip: To limit the slope to
15-degree increments,
press while pressing the
¤
cursor pad.
Tip: To label a line, type up
to five characters
immediately after creating
the line or use the Label
tool.
Creating a Segment
Tip: To limit the slope to
15-degree increments,
press ¤ while pressing the
cursor pad.
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus / Voyage™ 200 PLT Cabri Geometry App
The
Points and Lines
and constructing linear objects such as lines, segments, rays,
and vectors. The
Construction
creating resultant vectors.
The tool creates a line that extends infinitely in both directions
Line
through a point at a specified slope. You can control the slope of the
line in free space or create the line to go through another point.
1. Press „ and select
4:Line
2. Move the (#) cursor to the desired
location and press ¸ to create
the initial point of the line.
3. Move the cursor away from the point
to create the line.
The line is drawn in the same
direction as the keypress. When the
line appears, you control the slope of
the line by continuing to press the
cursor pad.
4. Press ¸ to complete the
construction.
The tool creates a line segment between two endpoints.
Segment
1. Press „ and select
5:Segment
2. Move the (#) cursor to the desired
location and press ¸ to create
the initial endpoint of the segment.
3. Move the pointer to the location for
the final endpoint of the segment.
4. Press ¸.
toolbar menu contains tools for creating
menu contains a tool for
.
Create a point.
Create the line.
.
Create the initial point.
Create the final point.
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