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TI89-1
GuideforTexasInstrumentsTI-89
Graphics Calculator
This Guide is designed to offer step-by-step instruction for using your TI-89 graphing calculator with
the text Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change. A technology icon
next to a particular example or discussion in the text directs you to a specific portion of this Guide.
You should also utilize the table of contents in this Guide to find specific topics on which you need
instruction.
Setup Instructions
Generally, the TI-89 will show the home screen when it is turned on. If not press
2nd ESC (QUIT)
or press
HOME .
Before you begin, check the TI-89 setup and make sure the settings described below
are chosen. Whenever you use this Guide, we assume (unless instructed otherwise) that your
calculator settings are as shown in the figures below.
• Press
MODE
and choose the settings shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3 for the basic setup. Pressing
F1 ,F2,
and
F3
open up the three pages of the
MODE
menu that are shown below.
TI-89 Basic Setup
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
•
If you do not have the darkened choices shown in any figure, use the arrow keys to move the
blinking cursor over the setting you want to choose and press
ENTER .
When “
→
→→
→”
appears next
to a word, press
►
to see the available choices and, if necessary, use
▼
to select the one you
need. Then press
ENTER
to choose that selection and return to the mode screen.
WARNING: To save all changes when exiting from all menu boxes (such as the
MODE
screen), you
must press
ENTER
to leave that box. If you exit the box by using
ESC
or by pressing any other key,
the changes you made will disappear.
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