CalculuswiththeTI84

PleasenotethattheTI84usesnumericalapproximationmethodsforcalculus.Theresultsareoftennot
exact,thoughtheapproximationshaveahighlevelofaccuracy.

Fromthegraphofafunction:
Sketchingatangentline:
UsingtheDRAWmenu,youcandrawatangentlinetoacurveataparticularvalueofx.Push2ndPRGM
forDRAW,thenselect5:Tangent
Youwillbereturnedtothegraph.Youmaymovethecursorleftorrighttoalikelylocation,orjustenter
thexvalueofthepointwhereyouwishtodrawthetangentline.
Thetangentlinewillbedrawnanditsequationprovided.
Calculatingaderivative:
Youmaycalculatethevalueofthederivativeofagraphedfunctionatapoint.
Push2ndTRACEtoaccesstheCALCULATEmenu,thenselect6:

dy
dx

Youmaymovethecursorleftorrighttoalocationyoulike,orjustenterthexvalueofthepointwhereyou
wishtocalculatethevalueofthederivative.
Computingadefiniteintegral,andsketchingthecorrespondingarea:
Youmaycalculatethevalueofadefiniteintegralofagraphedfunction.
Push2ndTRACEtoaccesstheCALCULATEmenu,thenselect7: f (x)dx
Youmayusethecursortotracetotheleft(a)value(calledlowerlimit)andthentheright(b)value(upper
b

limit),oryoumayenterthexvaluesyouwishtouseforaandbtobothcalculate f (x)dx anddrawthe

a

areasrelatedtotheintegral.
Note:tocleardrawings,youchoose1:ClrDrawfromtheDRAWmenu.Drawingswillalsobeclearedif
youchangeyourviewingrectangleoryourfunctiondefinitioninY=

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Fromthehomescreen:
Calculatingthederivativeofafunctionatapoint:
Youmaycalculatethevalueofthederivativeofafunctionatapoint.
PushMATH,thenselect8:nDeriv
Thesyntaxis:nDeriv(function,variable,value).If f (t) 3et andyouwantthevalueof f (5.2) ,youenter
nDeriv( 3et ,t,5.2),andyourcalculatorreturnsthevalue543.817,whichistheapproximatevalueof 3e5.2 ,
theactualvalueofthederivative.
Computingadefiniteintegral:
Youmaycalculatethevalueofadefiniteintegralofafunctionfromx=atox=b.
PushMATH,thenselect9:fnInt
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Thesyntaxis:fnInt(function,variable,avalue,bvalue).Ifyouwantthevalueof x 5 dx ,enter
2

fnInt(x5,x,2,3).Yourcalculatorwillreturntheapproximatevalueof

36 2 6
,whichistheexactvalueof
6
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thedefiniteintegral.

Todrawthegraphsofderivativesandintegralsoffunctions:
Sketchthegraphofaderivativefunction:
Todrawthegraphofthederivativeofafunction,firstenterthefunctioninY1.Graphthefunction,making
surethatyouhaveagoodviewingrectangle.
TheninY2enternDeriv(Y1,x,x).(RememberthatnDerivisfoundintheMATHmenu.Y1isfoundin
VARS,thenarrowrighttoYVars,thenchoose1:Function,andthenthefunctionnumberforwhichyou
wishtographthederivative.)
PushGRAPH.Thecalculatorwillgraphboththefunctionanditsderivative.Thegraphofthederivative
willberatherslow,sincethecalculatormustcalculatethenumericvalueofthederivativeofeachvalueof
xforwhichitplotsapoint.

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Sketchthegraphofanantiderivative:
Todrawthegraphofanindefiniteintegralofafunction,firstenterthefunctioninY1.Graphthefunction,
makingsurethatyouhaveagoodviewingrectangle.
TheninY2enterfnInt(Y1,x,a,x).(RememberthatfnIntisfoundintheMATHmenu.Youwillneedto
chooseavaluefora.Sinceanindefiniteintegralisanentirefamilyofantiderivativesgeneratedbyusing
differentvaluesfortheconstantC,thevalueyoupickforawilldeterminewhichoftheantiderivatives
yourcalculatorwillgraph.Thepoint(a,0)willbeonthegraph.)
PushGRAPH.Thecalculatorwillgraphboththefunctionandoneofitsantiderivatives.Thegraphofthe
antiderivativewillappearratherslowly,sincethecalculatormustcalculatethenumericvalueofthe
definiteintegralfromatoxforeachvalueofxforwhichitplotsapoint.

TousetheprogramsAREAandINTEGRAL:
TheAREAprogramillustratestherectanglesfortheLeftSumandgivesthenumericapproximation,then
illustratestherectanglesfortheRightSumandgivesthenumericapproximation.
TheINTEGRALprogramdoesnotillustratetheareasbeingcalculated,butgivesvaluesfortheLeftSum,
theRightSum,theTrapezoidRule(averageofLeftandRightSums,orgeometrically,drawatrapezoidfor
eachsubinterval),theMidpointRule(usesthefunctionvalueatthemidpointofeachsubintervalto
determinetheheightsoftherectangles,andSimpsonsRule(fitsaparabolatothe3functionvaluesatthe
beginning,middle,andrightofeachTWOsubintervals).
FortheINTEGRALprogram,pleaseuseanevennumbersubintervals.Otherwise,theSimpsonsRule
approximationwillnotbecorrect.
BothoftheprogramsrequirethatthefunctionyouwishtointegratetobeenteredintoY1.FortheAREA
program,youwillalsoneedtobesurethatasuitableviewingrectanglehasbeenselected.
Fromthehomescreen,PushPRGMtoaccessPROGRAM.Selecttheprogramyouwishtouseandpush
ENTER.
Eachprogramhaspausesbuiltinsothatyoucanviewtheresultsofeachpart.Tomovetothenextpart,
pushENTER.

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