Calculator Tutorials - Clark College Mathematics Department

Introduction

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The purpose of these videos and how to use them (With Captions)*

*Captions for these Videos were made possible by the Clark College Disability Support Services staff and volunteers.

How Do I use the TI-84 Graphing Calculator to. . .?

General Functions

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Change a Decimal into a Fraction? (With Captions)*

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Use the value of Pi? (With Captions)*

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Create an automatic Table of Values using an equation? (With Captions)*



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Create a Table of Values with specific values of x, using an equation? (With Captions)*



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Create a list of values?

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Option 1 - using the Statistics List Editor (With Captions)*

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Option 2 - typing a list in directly on the Home Screen. (With Captions)*

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Clear a single list of values? (With Captions)*

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Clear ALL lists of values?
     NOTE: This operation can not be undone. Data is erased permanently. (With Captions)*

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Use the CATALOG Menu? (With Captions)*

Graph Related Questions - How do I . . .

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Graph using the [Y=] key? (With Captions)*

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Change my viewing window to a specified view? (With Captions)*

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Change back to the Standard View of [-10,10] by [-10,10]? (With Captions)*

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Use Zoom-Box to zoom in on a certain part of a graph? (With Captions)*

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Use the TRACE key on a graph? (With Captions)*

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Graph using the Absolute Value function? (With Captions)*

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Plot a set of points? (Create a Scatter Plot) (With Captions)*

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Use Linear Regression for a scatter plot? (With Captions)*

Finding a specific point on a graph - How do I . . .

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Find the root or zero of an equation? (With Captions)*

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Find the intersection of two graphs? (With Captions)*

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Find a relative minimum point on a graph? (With Captions)*

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Find a relative maximum point on a graph? (With Captions)*

Trigonometry related questions - How do I . . .

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Change between radians and degrees mode? (With Captions)*

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Change a decimal angle in to Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (DMS) format? (With Captions)*

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Type in an angle in the Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (DMS) format? (With Captions)*

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Evaluate the trig functions in radians without switching modes? (With Captions)*

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Evaluate the trig functions in degrees without switching modes? (With Captions)*

Matrix Operations

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Introduction to the Matrix Menu. (With Captions)*

    How Do I...

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Call a matrix for use in the home screen?

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Use the Matrix Editor?

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Change a matrix made up of decimals into fractions?

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Find the Row Echelon Form (ref) for a matrix?

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Find the Reduced Row Echelon Form (rref) for a matrix?

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Find the inverse of a matrix?

Calculus Operations - How do I . . .

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Find the numerical derivative of a function at a certain x-value? (With Captions)*

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Find the slope of a curve at a certain x-value? (With Captions)*

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Find the area between a curve and the x-axis? (With Captions)*

Error Messages

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Why do I get the message ERR: INVALID DIM while trying to graph? (With Captions)*

These videos were created by Professor Chris Milner from the Clark College Mathematics Division, using the Camtasia 5.0 software along with the TI-SmartView software.

*Captions for these Videos were made possible by the Clark College Disability Support Services staff and volunteers.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please write to Chris at cmilner@clark.edu.