Texas Instruments TI-80 - Getting Started: Do This First!; Chapter 1: Operating the TI-80

Introduction iii
This manual describes how to use the TI
.
80 Graphing Calculator. Getting Started
gives a quick overview of its features. The first chapter gives general
instructions on operating the TI
.
80. Other chapters describe its interactive
features. The applications in Chapter 11 show how to use these features
together.
Using this Guidebook Effectively
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Glossary
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TI
-
80 Keyboard
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2
First Steps
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3
TI
-
80 Menus
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4
Entering a Calculation: Compound Interest
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5
Continuing a Calculation
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6
Defining a Function: Box with Lid
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7
Defining a Table of Values
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8
Zooming In on the Table
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9
Changing the Viewing Window
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11
Displaying and Tracing the Graph
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12
Zooming In on the Graph
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13
Other TI
-
80 Features
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14
Turning the TI
-
80 On and Off
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1
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2
Setting the Display Contrast
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1
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3
The Display
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1
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4
Entering Expressions and Instructions
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1
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6
The Edit Keys
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1
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8
Setting Modes
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1
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9
TI
-
80 Modes
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1
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10
Variable Names
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1
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12
Storing and Recalling Variable Values
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1
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13
Last Entry
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1
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14
Last Answer
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1
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16
TI
-
80 Menus
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1
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17
The
VARS
and
Y
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VARS
Menus
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1
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19
EOS (Equation Operating System)
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1
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20
Error Conditions
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1
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22
Table of Contents
Getting Started:
Do This First!
Chapter 1:
Operating the
TI-80