10 Getting Started
8300GETM.DOC TI-83 international English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 11:06 AM Printed: 02/19/01 11:06
AM Page 10 of 18
The table feature of the TI
.
83 displays numeric information about a function.
You can use a table of values from the function defined on page 9 to estimate
an answer to the problem.
1. Press
y
[
TBLSET
] (above
p
) to
display the
TABLE SETUP
menu.
2. Press
Í
to accept
TblStart=0
.
3. Press
1
Í
to define the table increment
@
Tbl=1
. Leave
Indpnt: Auto
and
Depend: Auto
so that the table will be
generated automatically.
4. Press
y
[
TABLE
] (above
s
) to display
the table.
Notice that the maximum value for
Y
1
(box’s volume) occurs when
X
is about
4
,
between
3
and
5
.
5. Press and hold
†
to scroll the table until a
negative result for
Y
1
is displayed.
Notice that the maximum length of
X
for
this problem occurs where the sign of
Y
1
(box’s volume) changes from positive to
negative, between
10
and
11
.
6. Press
y
[
TBLSET
].
Notice that
TblStart
has changed to
6
to
reflect the first line of the table as it was
last displayed. (In step 5, the first value of
X
displayed in the table is
6
.)
Defining a Table of Values: Box with Lid
