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
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
menu.
2. Press Í to select
prompt is displayed, and alpha-lock is on. Press
[
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C
Y
L
I
name the program
You are now in the program editor. The colon
(
) in the first column of the second line
:
indicates the beginning of a command line.
TI-83 Plus
Programming
1:Create New
], and then press Í to
] [
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N
D
E
R
CYLINDER
TI-83 Plus
executes sequentially, as if
PRGM NEW
. The
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