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Using the TI-73: A Guide for Teachers

Patterns and Relations

14.Turn off STAT PLOTS, and then display the graph.

- e Q b *

15.Ask:

What do you notice about the graph on the screen?

What is the value of Y when X is 57? How can you find out? (Press ) to see the values on the graph. If you are not tracing whole number values for X, estimate the value of Y by rounding the decimal.)

What will Y equal when X is 57? (To find the whole number value, press R J b.)

Is this the same value you found earlier when you added 3 to each previous term? When you used the @ key? When you used the b key?

16.Since the X values in the table of values for the equation depend on some initial settings in the TABLE SETUP, do the following.

a.Access the TABLE SETUP screen.

- f (above the ' key)

b.Make sure the screen looks like the one shown at the right (TblStart=0, @Tbl=1, Indpnt: Auto, Depend: Auto).

17.Use the TI-73 to show a table of values for the equation.

- i (above the * key)

18.Compare the table on the TI-73 with the T-chart in the first part of the activity. Ask:

What value does the table give for X = 57?

How does this compare to the value you computed earlier for X = 57?

What do the X values in the table represent? (the length of the wall)

What do the numbers in the Y1 column represent? (the number of beams)

19.Enter the second equation Y = 4 + 3(X - 1) in Y2, and then graph it.

& # to Y2 Q \ [ D I T Y E *

Ask: Do you see 2 lines? Why not?

Have students sketch the graph on graph paper for

further discussions later (slope, intercepts, how does it describe the situation in the problem?, etc.).

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