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Contemporary Mathematics In Context                                                                                      skowbutton msadbutton
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GEOEXPLOR

Geoexplorer is a program that is sometimes found helpful in making graphs and showing translations.

Here's how to utilize this helpful program!

STEP 1 - On your calculator, go to Programs

STEP 2 - Select GEOXPLOR and press enter:
STEP 3 - Then a screen with writing will come up. Press enter until you reach the main menu
STEP 4 - Here you can choose between draw, systems, animation, or quit. To make a graph go to draw.
STEP 5 - The next screen is to choose a window: Integer or Decimal. Integer will give you a bigger window. Decimal will give you a window from 0-1.
STEP 6 - The next list that comes up is about how you want to choose the points. If the coordinates are already known choose number 2. If only a certain shape is needed choose from screen, or number 1, which is what the example shows.
STEP 7 - The next screen is where the number of vertices is chosen, which means how many points will be made on the graph. Our example will have four points.
STEP 8 - If you chose option 1, from sceen, then use arrow keys to move the curser to the specific points (vertices) that you want. Then press enter. Repeat this process until all four of your points are on the graph. If you chose option 2, by coordinates, then type in the value for "x" and for "y" when the calculator asks for them. Press enter. Repeat until all four of your vertices are on the graph.
STEP 9 - Once the number of vertices chosen is complete, a line will be automatically drawn from one to another in the order that they were made.
And that is the beginning of GEOEXPLOR!