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Getting started
charge and transferred to the HP 40gs using the provided
Connectivity Kit.
Quad Explorer
aplet
The
Quad Explorer
aplet is used to investigate the
behaviour of
as the values of
a
,
h
and
v
change, both by manipulating the equation and seeing
the change in the graph,
and
by manipulating the graph
and seeing the change in the equation.
H I N T
More detailed documentation, and an accompanying
student work sheet can be found at HP’s web site.
Press ,
select
Quad
Explorer
, and then press
. The Quad Explorer
aplet opens in
mode, in which the arrow
keys, the
and
keys,
and the
key are used to change the shape of the
graph. This changing shape is reflected in the equation
displayed at the top right corner of the screen, while the
original graph is retained for comparison. In this mode
the graph controls the equation.
It is also possible to have the
equation control the graph.
Pressing
displays
a
sub-expression of your
equation.
Pressing the
and
key moves between sub-
expressions, while pressing the
and
key changes
their values.
Pressing
allows the user to select whether all three
sub-expressions will be explored at once or only one at a
time.
A
button is provided to
evaluate the student’s
knowledge. Pressing
displays a target quadratic
graph. The student must
manipulate the equation’s parameters to make the
equation match the target graph. When a student feels
that they have correctly chosen the parameters a
button evaluates the answer and provide feedback. An
button is provided for those who give up!
y
a x h
+
(
)
2
v
+
=
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