Graphing A Conic Section; Changing The Appearance Of A Graph - Casio fx-9750GII User Manual

10. Graphing a Conic Section

Important!
• The fx-7400G is not equipped with the CONICS mode.
Graphing a Conic Section
You can use the CONICS mode to graph parabolas, circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas. You can
input a rectangular coordinate function, polar coordinate function, or parametric function for
graphing.
1. From the Main Menu, enter the CONICS mode.
2. Select the function type.
(RECT).... {rectangular coordinate}
(POL).... {polar coordinate}
(PARM).... {parametric}
3. Select the pattern of the function in accordance with the type of graph you want to draw.
4. Enter the coefficients of the function and draw the graph.
Example
CONICS
(RECT)
(POL)

11. Changing the Appearance of a Graph

Drawing a Line
The sketch function lets you draw points and lines inside of graphs.
You can select one of four different line styles for drawing with the sketch function.
To input the rectangular coordinate function
parabola open on the right, and then input the polar coordinate function
r
= 4cos and draw a circle graph.
2
(X=AY +BY+C)
(DRAW)
(R=2Acos )
(DRAW)
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x y y
2
= 2 + − 1 and graph a