Quick-Start

Welcome to the world of graphing calculators.

Quick-Start is not a complete tutorial, but it takes you through many of the most common functions, from turning the power on, to specifying colors, and on to graphing complex equations. When you’re done, you’ll have mastered the basic operation of this calculator and will be ready to proceed with the rest of this user’s guide to learn the entire spectrum of functions available.

Each step of the examples in Quick-Start is shown graphically to help you follow along quickly and easily. When you need to enter the number 57, for example, we’ve indicated it as follows:

Press fh

Whenever necessary, we’ve included samples of what your screen should look like.

If you find that your screen doesn’t match the sample, you can restart from the beginning by pressing the “All Clear” button o.

TURNING POWER ON AND OFF

To turn power on, press o.

OFF

To turn power off, press !o.

Note that the calculator automatically turns power off if you do not perform any operation for about six minutes (about 60 minutes when a calculation is stopped by an output command (^)).

USING MODES

This calculator makes it easy to perform a wide range of calculations by simply selecting the appropriate mode. Before getting into actual calculations and operation examples, let’s take a look at how to navigate around the modes.

To select the RUN Mode

1. Press mto display the Main Menu.

* The above shows the CFX-9850 (9950)G(B) PLUS screen.

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