Texas Instruments TI-83 Manual Book page 107

The horizontal component vector is
defined by
X
3T
6. Press  ~
define . Press
X
3T
7. Press | | } Í to change the graph
style to è for
Í to change the graph style to ë for
. Press } Í Í to
and
X Y
2T 2T
change the graph style to ë for
(These keystrokes assume that all graph
styles were set to ç originally.)
8. Press p. Enter these values for the
window variables.
Tmin=0
Tmax=5
Tstep=.1
9. Press y [
FORMAT
, which turns off the axes.
AxesOff
10. Press s. The plotting action
simultaneously shows the ball in flight and
the vertical and horizontal component
vectors of the motion.
Tip: To simulate the ball flying through the air, set
graph style to ì (animate) for
11. Press r to obtain numerical results
and answer the questions at the beginning
of this section.
Tracing begins at
parametric equation (
press ~ to trace the curve, the cursor
follows the path of the ball over time. The
values for (distance),
X
(time) are displayed at the bottom of the
screen.
and .
Y
3T
, and then press
2
Í to define
0
. Press } Í
and
X Y
3T 3T
Xmin=L10
Xmax=100
Xscl=50
] † † † ~ Í to set
X
and
1T
on the first
Tmin
and
X Y
1T
(height), and
Y
Í to
1
.
Y
3T
and .
X Y
1T 1T
Ymin=L5
Ymax=15
Yscl=10
Y
.
1T
). As you
1T
T
Parametric Graphing 4-3