Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Calculator User Manual


 
56 Activities
Finding the Calculated Maximum
You can use a CALCULATE menu operation to calculate a local maximum
of a function.
4. Press p to display the new window
settings.
1. Press y / (above r) to display the
CALCULATE menu. Press 4 to select
4:maximum.
The graph is displayed again with a
Left Bound? prompt.
2. Press | to trace along the curve to a point
to the left of the maximum, and then press
Í.
A 4 at the top of the screen indicates the
selected bound.
A Right Bound? prompt is displayed.
3. Press ~ to trace along the curve to a point
to the right of the maximum, and then
press Í.
A 3 at the top of the screen indicates the
selected bound.
A
Guess? prompt is displayed.
4. Press | to trace to a point near the
maximum, and then press Í.