CHAPTER 6. GRAPHING EQUATIONS/FUNCTIONS
4: Maximum
Maximum
is the counter-part for the
Minimum
command.
Maximum
will find the maximum
y
-value between your identified
lower bound
and
upper bound
and it will visually move the
cursor to this
(
x, y
)
coordinate.
Example:
Find the maximum
y
-value between the
x
-values of -3 and 0.
Press
to use the
Maximum
command. For the lower bound, use the arrow keys to
move the cursor near an
x
-value of -3 and then press
. Notice that there is now a triangle
towards the top of the screen marking your lower bound. For the upper bound, use the arrow
keys to move the cursor to the right, near an
x
-value of 0. When you press
, the calculator
will find an estimate of the maximum
y
-value.
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