USING TI-84 How to use the calculator to find the equation of a line. Lesson Six
WARM UP Today’s warm up will be done and handed in for a grade. You have ten minutes to complete this warm up.
Today you will become familiar with the graphing calculator. You will spend the next 20 minutes working through a scavenger hunt. You will need to record your answers in the spaces provided. Work with a partner.
We can use the graphing calculator to find the equation of a line. Watch this short video. Copy down the steps on the next slide so that you can reference them when you are practicing.
stat edit (1) type in ordered pairs stat – calculate scroll to 4 calculate y = ax + b (a =? b = ?) Use these steps to help you write the equation of a line.
Let’s use the following and find the equations of the line (function rule).