4-1-3

Conics Application Overview

kConics Graph Window Menus and Buttons

The following describes the menu and button operations you can perform while the Conics

Graph window is active.

To do this:

Tap this

Or select this

button:

menu item:

 

Enlarge the part of the screen bounded by a box

Q

Zoom - Box

Specify a zoom factor

—

Zoom - Factor

Zoom in by the zoom factor

—

Zoom - Zoom In

Zoom out by the zoom factor

—

Zoom - Zoom Out

Configure View Window y-axis parameters and redraw

R

Zoom - Auto

the graph so it fills the Graph window along the y-axis

 

 

 

Return a graph to its original size

—

Zoom - Original

Adjust View Window x-axis values so they are identical

—

Zoom - Square

to the y-axis values

 

 

 

 

 

Round coordinate values displayed using Trace

—

Zoom - Round

(page 4-4-1)

 

 

 

 

 

Make the value of each dot equal 1, which makes all

—

Zoom - Integer

coordinate values integers

 

 

 

 

 

Return View Window parameters to their settings prior

—

Zoom - Previous

to the last zoom operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

—

Zoom - Quick Initialize

 

—

Zoom - Quick Trig

 

—

Zoom - Quick log(x)

Perform a quick zoom operation (page 3-2-9)

—

Zoom - Quick e^x

 

—

Zoom - Quick x^2

 

—

Zoom - Quick –x^2

 

—

Zoom - Quick Standard

Display the coordinates at a particular point on a graph

=

Analysis - Trace

Insert a point, graphic, or text into an existing graph

 

Analysis - Sketch

• For details about this operation, see “3-6 Using the

—

Sketch Menu”.

 

 

 

 

 

Perform a G-Solve operation

 

 

• For details about this operation, see “4-5 Using

—

Analysis - G-Solve

G-Solve to Analyze a Conics Graph”.

 

 

 

 

 

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