Chapter 9: Function Graphing 175
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Determining Window Values for a Specific GraphDetermining Window Values for a Specific Graph
The following example shows how you can adjust the WINDOW
values manually (as opposed to using the standard WINDOW
values set by ( 6:ZStandard).
Yuko practices the piano 50 minutes per day. How many
minutes has he practiced after 2, 4, and 5 days? Graph your
answer.
1. A table of coordinate
pairs would look like
this:
X Y
2 100
4 200
5 250
2. A possible graph of the ordered pairs would look like this
(the WINDOW values are labeled):
³
Y=50X X=number of days
Y=number of total minutes
The
Y
-axis is
measured in
increments of 50;
therefore, Yscl=50.
Ymax=300
Xmin=0
Ymin=0
Xmax=6
50
23456
1
0
100
150
200
300
250
The
X
-axis is measured in increments
of 1; therefore, Xscl=1.