Texas Instruments is a leading manufacturer of a variety of electronics products. Among their most popular products are their TI calculators which students and educators both use, especially when graphing functions. How to graph with TI calculators can seem challenging at first, but once you learn the basics, it is easily mastered and makes the graphing process much easier than the pen and paper method.
Instructions
1. Press the "Y =" button to input one or more functions to be graphed.
2. Press the "Window" button to denote the viewing variables for the x and y axis.
3. Press the "2nd" button and then the "Format" button to set the graph format settings (e.g. denote whether or not you want the coordinates of the axis displayed, whether you want the grid displayed, etc.).
4. Press the "Graph" button to view your graph.
Tips & Warnings
- Your function must be in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b) in order for your linear equation to graph on your calculator correctly.
- Press the "2nd" button and then the "Graph" button to see a table of the x and y values for each point on your graph.
- Press the up, down, left and right arrow keys to move the cursor on your graph and locate a specific point.
- If your line is not displayed on your graph, press "Window" and adjust your x and y axis settings to larger numbers.
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