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468 Graphs & Geometry
Note: Stretching or shrinking a slider affects only the length of the
track. The Minimum and Maximum values do not change.
Animating a slider
An animated slider steps repeatedly through its range, using the slider’s
Step Size.
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Access the slider’s context Menu and select
Animate
.
Note: To stop the animation, click Stop Animate . Animation also
stops if you lock the slider’s associated variable.
Removing a slider
Removing a slider does not delete the variable associated with the slider.
1. Click in the slider’s selection rectangle to select it.
2. Press
.
.
Tips for using sliders
Use multiple sliders for a variable
• You can assign the same variable to multiple sliders. This lets you see
the effect of adjusting a variable by different step sizes or through
different ranges.
Deselect a slider
• To deselect a slider, click another part of the work area, press
d
, or
press
e e
to move to another element in the work area.
Associate a different variable with a slider
• Click the text box for the variable name and type the name of the
numeric variable to use.
• With the slider active, click the
h
button to select a variable from
the list.
Using the Trace tools
Graphs & Geometry provides two trace tools:
• Graph Trace - point-to-point trace of the graph for a function,
parametric or polar equation, scatter plot, or sequence.