Getting Started: Pendulum Lengths And Periods - Texas Instruments TI-83 Manual Book

Getting Started: Pendulum Lengths and Periods

Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
A group of students is attempting to determine the mathematical relationship
between the length of a pendulum and its period (one complete swing of a
pendulum). The group makes a simple pendulum from string and washers and
then suspends it from the ceiling. They record the pendulum's period for each
of 12 string lengths.*
1. Press z † † † Í to set
graphing mode.
2. Press ...
to select
5
is pasted to the home
SetUpEditor
screen.
Press Í. This removes lists from stat
list editor columns
then stores lists
columns through
1
Note: Removing lists from the stat list editor does not
delete them from memory.
3. Press ...
to select
1
menu. The stat list editor is
STAT EDIT
displayed. If elements are stored in
, press } to move the cursor onto
and
L
2
, and then press ' Í ~ }
L
1
' Í to clear both lists. Press |
to move the rectangular cursor back to
the first row in
*This example is quoted and adapted from Contemporary Precalculus Through Applications,
by the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, by permission of Janson
Publications, Inc., Dedham, MA. 1-800-322-MATH. © 1992. All rights reserved.
12-2 Statistics
Length (cm)
6.5
11.0
13.2
15.0
18.0
23.1
24.4
26.6
30.5
34.3
37.6
41.5
Func
5:SetUpEditor
through , and
1 20
through in
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1 6
.
6
from the
1:Edit
.
L
1
Time (sec)
0.51
0.68
0.73
0.79
0.88
0.99
1.01
1.08
1.13
1.26
1.28
1.32
.
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