Chapter 6:
Sequence Graphing
Getting Started: Forest and Trees
Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
A small forest of 4,000 trees is under a new forestry plan. Each year 20 percent of
the trees will be harvested and 1,000 new trees will be planted. Will the forest
eventually disappear? Will the forest size stabilize? If so, in how many years and
with how many trees?
1. Press z. Press † † † ~ ~ ~ Í to
select
graphing mode.
Seq
2. Press y . and select
and
ExprOn
TI-83 Plus
Sequence Graphing
format if necessary.
axes format
Time
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