TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies
By C. C. Edwards
ISBN: 978-0-7645-4970-0
Format: PDF
Pages: 288 Pages
Pub. Date: December 2003
Would you order a multi-course gourmet buffet and just eat salad? If
you have a TI-83 Plus graphing calculator, you have a veritable feast
of features and functions at your fingertips, but chances are you don’t
take full advantage of them. This friendly guide will help you explore
your TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator and use it for all it’s worth, and
that’s a lot. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions plus
screen shots,
TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies shows
you how to:
* Perform basic arithmetic operations
* Use Zoom and panning to get the best screen display
* Use all the functions in the Math menu, including the four submenus: MATH, NUM, CPS, and PRB
* Use the fantastic Finance application to decide whether to lease
or get a loan and buy, calculate the best interest, and more
* Graph and analyze functions by tracing the graph or by creating a
table of functional values, including graphing piecewise-defined and
trigonometric functions
* Explore and evaluate functions, including how to find the value,
the zeros, the point of intersection of two functions, and more
* Draw on a graph, including line segments, circles, and functions, write text on a graph, and do freehand drawing
* Work with sequences, parametric equations, and polar equations
* Use the Math Probability menu to evaluate permutations and combinations
* Enter statistical data and graph it as a scatter plot, histogram,
or box plot, calculate the median and quartiles, and more
* Deal with matrices, including finding the inverse, transpose, and
determinant and using matrices to solve a system of linear equations
Once you discover all you can do with your TI-83 Plus Graphing
Calculator, you’ll find out how to make it do more! This guide shows
you how to download and install the free TI Connect software to connect
your calculator to your computer, and how to link it to other
calculators and transfer files. It shows you how to help yourself to
more than 40 applications you can download from the TI Web site, and
most of them are free. You can choose from Advanced Finance, CellSheet,
that turns your calculator into a spread sheet, NoteFolio that turns it
into a word processor, Organizer that lets you schedule events, create
to-do lists, save phone numbers and e-mail addresses, and more.
Get this book and discover how your TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator can solve all kinds of problems for you.