Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Manual de usuario

Chapter 1

GETTING TO KNOW

YOUR TI-84 PLUS

SILVER EDITION

Chapter Check-In

❑ Getting acquainted with the TI-84 Plus Silver

Edition Keys

❑ Learning how to edit expressions and adjust your

mode settings

❑ Establishing communication between two graphing

calculators

In this chapter, I take you through the basics of your

TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. In addition to learning

how to turn your graphing calculator on and off, you

also learn some quick editing tricks and how to config-

ure your mode settings to suit your needs.

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CliffsNotes Guide to the TI-84 Plus Family

Turning Your TI-84 Plus Silver

Edition On and Off

Prior to turning on your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, you

need to remove the battery cover located on the back of

the graphing calculator and install four AAA batteries.

To turn on your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition,

press o.

If you had previously turned off your

TI-84 Plus Silver Edition by pressing

`¨, it will display the home screen

as it was when you last used it. You

might see a message box reminding you

to PRESS ALPHA F1–F4 TO LOCATE

SHORTCUT MENUS.

To turn off your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition,

press `¨.

All settings and memory contents are

retained by Constant Memory™.

To prolong the life of the batteries, your graphing calcu-

lator has an Automatic Power Down™ (APD) feature

that turns off your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition automati-

cally after about 5 minutes without any activity. If this

should happen to you, just press oto continue work-

ing where you left off.

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Using the `and aKeys

The secondary function associated with each key appears

in blue above the key. When you press the `key, the

character, abbreviation, or word printed above the other

keys becomes active for the next keystroke. For example,

when you press `and then i, the MATRIX menu

comes up.

The akey allows you to access the green letters A

through Z located above many of the keys. The a

key also allows you to access the shortcut menus associ-

ated with the 2.53MP Operating System. For example,

press a∏ to access the FRAC shortcut menu.

The other shortcut menus are aπ (FUNC),

a∫ (MTRX), and aª (YVAR).

Finally, the key sequence a∑ is used to solve

equations with the Solver feature. The Solver feature is

found in the MATH submenu.

Adjusting the Display

You can adjust the contrast (or darkness) of the screen

by following these steps.

1. Press and release the `key.

2. Press and hold :to darken the screen or press

and hold ;to lighten the screen.

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A number located in the top right corner

of the screen indicates the contrast level.

If you need to set this number to 7 or

higher, then you want to replace the bat-

teries soon. Concurrent with this, you’ll

also probably notice a low battery mes-

sage when you turn on the graphing

calculator.

Using the TI-84 Plus Silver

Edition Edit Keys

Your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition is designed to allow you

to quickly enter, edit, and execute expressions and com-

mands. Here’s a list of several keystrokes and their asso-

ciated results.

■ >or <: Moves the cursor to the right and left

within an expression.

■ :or ;: Moves the cursor through MathPrint™

expressions such as stacked fractions and integrals.

These keys also allow you to access the history.

■ `<: Moves the cursor to the beginning of an

expression.

■ `>: Moves the cursor to the end of an expression.

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■ e: Executes an instruction and/or expression.

■ `ï: Changes the cursor to an underline (_)

and inserts characters in front of the underline

cursor. Press the direction arrow keys or `ï

to exit insert mode.

■ a: Changes the cursor to ‹, indicating that

the next keystroke will insert a letter, provide

access to the ∏–ªshortcut menus, or execute

the Solver feature (a∑).

■ añ: Setsthegraphingcalculator inalpha-

lock mode. This is a good option if you need to type

several letters in succession. To exit alpha-lock, press

Adjusting the Mode Settings

Your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition mode settings control

how your graphing calculator displays and interprets

numbers and graphs. The Constant Memory feature

preserves your current mode settings even when you

turn off the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition.

Press Mto access the mode settings on your TI-84

Plus Silver Edition, as shown in the two screen images

in Figure 1-1. The current mode settings for your

graphing calculator will appear highlighted.

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Figure 1-1 The mode settings window.

Each row of the mode settings window relates to a differ-

ent type of setting. For example, the second row allows

you to specify the number of decimal digits to display in

an answer. FLOAT displays all significant digits of a

number up to a maximum of ten. The numerical settings

to the right of FLOAT lock in the number of decimal

digits to display for all results. Keep in mind that

numeric values stored to your graphing calculator mem-

ory are always unrounded, regardless of the numeric

display setting of your handheld.

The factory default mode settings are

those located on the leftmost side of the

mode settings screen.

Here are the steps to change the mode settings.

1. Press ;or :to move to the line of the setting

you want.

2. Press >or <to move the cursor to the setting

you want.

3. Press e.

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Here’s a brief description of each mode setting.

■ NORMAL SCI ENG: Numeric notation

■ FLOAT 0123456789: Number of decimal places

■ RADIAN DEGREE: Unit of angle measure

■ FUNC PAR POL SEQ: Function, Parametric,

Polar, or Sequence graphing mode

■ CONNECTED DOT: Whether to connect graph

points or plot graphs as discrete points

■ SEQUENTIAL SIMUL: Whether to plot graphs

one at a time or simultaneously

■ REAL : Real, rectangular complex, or

Polar complex

■ FULL HORIZ G-T: Full screen or your choice of

two different split-screen modes

■ MATHPRINT CLASSIC: Switch between

MathPrint and Classic mode

■ n/d Un/d: Display fractions in improper format

or in mixed fraction format

■ ANSWERS: AUTO DEC FRAC: Set the form of

answers. The AUTO form gives answers in frac-

tion form if the input was a fraction and decimal

form if the input was a decimal.

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■ GOTO FORMAT GRAPH: NO YES: Select YES

to go to the graph format menu.

■ STAT DIAGNOSTICS: OFF ON: Turn on or off

the statistical diagnostics.

Linking Graphing Calculators

You can send a variety of items from one graphing calcula-

tor to another, including programs, Apps, matrices, pic-

tures — even the operating system itself. In this section, I

show you how to send a program. You can be assured,

however, that you can use the steps I outline here for just

about any transfer.

Your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition comes with a USB

Unit-to-Unit cable that is used to establish communi-

cation between two TI-84 Plus (or TI-84 Plus Silver

Edition) graphing calculators. You also have the option

of using the I/O port (located on the top left edge of

your handheld) to communicate with another TI-84

Plus Silver Edition, as well as other TI products such as

the TI-83 family of graphing calculators or a CBL 2™

(for data collection purposes).

Here, I tell you how to set up communication between

two TI-84 Plus Silver Edition calculators using the USB

Unit-to-Unit cable.

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Follow these steps to connect the two graphing

calculators.

1. Locate the USB port on the top right edge of

the graphing calculator and firmly insert either

end of the USB Unit-to-Unit cable into the

USB port.

2. Repeat Step 1 with the other graphing

calculator.

So that I don’t forget, I always position

the sending graphing calculator on the

left and the receiving graphing calculator

on the right.

A file created with the 2.53MP Operating

System that contains new features (such

as stacked fractions) will not transfer to

an earlier operating system. To check

your operating system, press `´

and select 1:About.

Now it’s time to send a program from one handheld to

another. I am sending a program called SLOPEFLD,

which is a very handy program related to the study of

Calculus. Here are the steps to follow.

1. On the receiving calculator, press `ó to

access the LINK menu.

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2. Press >to view the LINK RECEIVE menu and

press eto select Receive. The word Waiting...

appears on the screen.

3. On the sending calculator, press `ó to

access the LINK SEND menu.

4. Press 3to select Pgrm... A list of all programs

that reside on the sending handheld appears.

5. Use the :; keys to position the 䊳symbol next

to the program you want to send and press

eto select it. Notice the 䡲symbol located next

to the selected program, as shown in Figure 1-2a.

6. Press >to access the TRANSMIT menu and

press eto select Transmit. After a few

moments, the transfer completes as indicated by

the screen shown in Figure 1-2b.

Figure 1-2 Sending a program from one TI-84 Plus Silver

Edition to another.

(a) (b)

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