HP Prime Graphing NW280AAABA manual To find an, Intersection of two, Functions

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Note the button. If you tap this button, vertical and horizontal dotted lines are drawn through the current position of the tracer to highlight its

position. Use this feature to draw attention to the cursor location. You can also choose a blinking cursor in Plot Setup. Note that the functions in the Fcn menu all use the current function being traced as the function of interest and the current tracer x- coordinate as an initial value. Finally, note that you can tap anywhere in Plot view and the tracer will move to the point on the current function that has the same x-value as the location you tapped. This is a faster way of choosing a point of interest than using the trace cursor. (You can move this tracing cursor using the cursor keys if you need finer precision.)

To find an

Just as there are two roots of the quadratic equation, there

intersection of two

are two points at which both functions intersect. As with

functions

roots, you need to position your cursor closer to the point

 

you are interested in. In this example, the intersection close

 

to x = –1 will be determined.

 

 

The Go To command is another way of moving the trace

 

cursor to a particular point.

 

 

1.

Tap

to re-display the menu, tap

, enter

 

 

Q1, and tap

.

 

 

 

The tracing cursor will now be on one of the

 

 

 

functions at x = 1.

 

 

 

2.

Tap

and

 

 

 

 

select

 

 

 

Intersection.

A list appears giving you a choice of functions and axes.

Function app

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HP Prime Graphing NW280AAABA manual To find an, Intersection of two, Functions