Texas Instruments TI-82 STATS Manual Book page 107

The horizontal component vector is defined by
and .
X Y
3T 3T
6. Press  ~
define . Press
X
3T
7. Press | | } Í to change the graph
style to è for
X
Í to change the graph style to ë for
. Press } Í Í to change the
and
Y
2T
graph style to ë for
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
equation (
X
1T
trace the curve, the cursor follows the path of
the ball over time. The values for
(height), and
Y
bottom of the screen.
, and then press
2
Í to define
0
. Press } Í
and
Y
3T 3T
and . (These
X Y
1T 1T
Xmin=L10
Xmax=100
Xscl=50
] † † † ~ Í to set
X
and
1T
on the first parametric
Tmin
). As you press ~ to
and
Y
1T
(time) are displayed at the
T
Í to
1
.
Y
3T
X
2T
Ymin=L5
Ymax=15
Yscl=10
Y
.
1T
(distance),
X
Parametric Graphing 4-3