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- From: akcs.briand@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Brian Dixon)
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 06:40:02 GMT
- Subject: Re: If X=0, Then Y=?
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- Keywords: 48 48sx graph y-int y-intercept
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- Ok, here's a simple example for you to try. Since you asked for the
- y-intercept, I'm choosing a simple line equation: y = 3x - 1.
- The slope is 3, the intercept is -1. Here's a key sequence:
-
- 1) Either using the Equation Editor (left shift - ENTER) or by entering
- the equation directly on the stack, get the thing entered so you see
- the following on level 1 of your stack display:
-
- 'Y=3*X-1'
-
- Note that if you enter it directly on the stack, you must turn on
- algebraic mode by preceding the entry with the ' key (right above
- the SIN key). When you press ENTER to place it on the stack, the
- closing ' character will be added automatically.
-
- 2) Press left-shift 8 to get to the PLOT menu.
-
- 3) Press STEQ to enter the current equation from the stack to be the
- current equation, STEQ = STack EQuation
-
- 4) Press PLOTR to enter the PLOTTER menu (far left function key)
-
- 5) To set up X as the independant variable, enter 'X on the stack (notice
- the ' key again) and press INDEP. Notice that if you do this right, the
- top of the display will indicate "Indep: 'X'" to let you know it worked.
-
- 6) For our hypothetical example, let's set the x-range to be from -1 to
- 1 so we can see the y-intercept and the x-intercept. To do this, enter
- the numbers directly by pressing: -1 SPC 1 . This places the range on
- the command line. Now press XRNG (4th function key) to set the x-range
- to the chosen limits. Notice the display updates and says
- "x: -1 1" to indicate the new range has been accepted.
-
- 7) Now, to plot the line, press AUTO. This auto-scales the y-range and
- plots the line.
-
- 8) To find the x-axis intercept, use the arrow keys to move the cursor
- closer to the x-intercept point and press FCN to enter the Function
- menu, then press ROOT (1st function key). Press + to place the root
- (x-intercept) on the stack for later use. OR instead of pressing ROOT,
- press ISECT to find the x-intercept. For plots of single functions,
- these two functions work the same in giving the intercept of the x-axis.
-
- 9) To find the y-axis intercept (HERE IT IS!), first press FCN to enter
- the Function menu...if you haven't already done so from step 8. Press
- NXT once to display the next set of function key assignments. Now, using
- the arrow keys, position the cursor so it is RIGHT ON the y-axis...this
- is easy since the cursor looks like a "+". Now press F(X) to give the
- value of the function where the cursor is...which of course is on the
- y-axis so F(X) returns the value of the y-intercept! In this case, the
- value returned is -1, which we know is correct. Press + to enter the
- value on the stack.
-
- 10) Assuming you are done playing with the plot and want to look at the
- stack to write down what you didn't right down before...press ATTN (the
- ON key). Voila! There's the info you gathered!
-
- Good luck on those exams! You may want to simplify these instructions
- now that you know what to do.
-
- Brian Dixon
- briand@cv.hp.com
-
-