Texas Instruments TI-83

10 Getting Started
8300GETM.DOC TI-83 international English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 11:06 AM Printed: 02/19/01 11:06
AM Page 10 of 18
The table feature of the TI
.
83 displays numeric information about a function.
You can use a table of values from the function defined on page 9 to estimate
an answer to the problem.
1. Press
y
[
TBLSET
] (above
p
) to
display the
TABLE SETUP
menu.
2. Press
Í
to accept
TblStart=0.
3. Press
1
Í
to define the table increment
@
Tbl=1
. Leave Indpnt: Auto and
Depend: Auto so that the table will be
generated automatically.
4. Press
y
[
TABLE
] (above
s
) to display
the table.
Notice that the maximum value for
Y
1
(box’s volume) occurs when X is about 4,
between
3 and 5.
5. Press and hold
†
to scroll the table until a
negative result for
Y
1
is displayed.
Notice that the maximum length of
X for
this problem occurs where the sign of
Y
1
(box’s volume) changes from positive to
negative, between
10 and 11.
6. Press
y
[
TBLSET
].
Notice that
TblStart has changed to 6 to
reflect the first line of the table as it was
last displayed. (In step 5, the first value of
X displayed in the table is 6.)
Defining a Table of Values: Box with Lid