Calculator Tutorials - Clark College Mathematics Department

Introduction

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The purpose of these videos and how to use them

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

General Functions

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Change a Decimal into a Fraction?

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Use the value of Pi?

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Create an automatic Table of Values using an equation?

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Create a Table of Values with specific values of x, using an equation?

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Create a list of values?

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Option 1 - using the Statistics List Editor

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Option 2 - typing a list in directly on the Home Screen.

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Clear a single list of values?

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Clear ALL lists of values?
NOTE: This operation can not be undone. Data is erased permanently.

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Use the CATALOG Menu?

Graph Related Questions

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Graph using the [Y=] key?

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Change my viewing window to a specified view?

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Change back to the Standard View of [-10,10] by [-10,10]?

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Use Zoom-Box to zoom in on a certain part of a graph?

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Use the TRACE key on a graph?

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Graph using the Absolute Value function?

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Plot a set of points? (Create a Scatter Plot)

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Use Linear Regression for a scatter plot?

Finding a specific point on a graph

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Find the root or zero of an equation?

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Find the intersection of two graphs?

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Find a relative minimum point on a graph?

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Find a relative maximum point on a graph?

Trigonometry related questions

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Change between radians and degrees mode?

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

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

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Evaluate the trig functions in radians without switching modes? <------Coming Soon

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Evaluate the trig functions in degrees without switching modes? <------Coming Soon

Matrix Operations

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Introduction to the Matrix Menu.

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

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Find the numerical derivative of a function at a certain x-value?

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Find the slope of a curve at a certain x-value?

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Find the area between a curve and the x-axis?

Error Messages

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Why do I get the message ERR: INVALID DIM while trying to graph?

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.

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