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Use the grapher

Use the grapher to answer graphing questions. Plot your graphs on a grid and create different types of graphs using the palette of tools. Whether you use the small/large grapher, the drawing tool palette has the same icons and buttons. The displayed drawing tools depend on the type of graph you need to plot.

collapsedOpen/Use the grapher
  1. Select a graphing question and see the grapher that is the answer box.
  2. To enter your answer, click in the grapher to open a palette of drawing tools.

Example of the grapher and its tools

  1. Select Delete to remove the selection, or Clear to remove all of your work in the grapher.
  2. To hide the palette, select X. Select the graph again to show the tools palette.
collapsedOpen/Use the grapher
  1. Step 1. To use the pop-up grapher, select either Click to enlarge graph or the pop-up icon Box-and-arrow icon to pop out the grapher in a new window .
  2. Step 2. To exit without saving, select Cancel or X. Alternatively, select Save.
  3. Step 3. To use the grapher tool palette, select the magnifying glass with the plus (+) sign icon .
  4. Step 4. To remove all of your work, select Clear/Clear All.
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collapsedUse the drawing tools palette
  1. Step 1. Click inside the graph and select a drawing tool icon.
  2. Step 2. Inside the graph, hold down your mouse to draw your object. If you're using a touch-screen device, use your finger or a stylus.

    If the object has more than 1 point, select and release the mouse button or select each point.

  3. Step 3. To change your object to orange, select the object.
  4. Step 4. To change a coordinate point from solid blue to a blue bulls-eye/double circle, select the coordinate point.
  5. Step 5. Select outside the object or on the point to deselect it.
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See Format graph objects for details on working with drawing tools to plot a graph.

collapsedSee tool examples (in action)
collapsedShade a region
  1. Step 1. Select the region shading tool.
  2. Step 2. Click inside the region to shade.
  3. Step 3. To remove shading: Select the shading icon and select Delete on your keyboard/tool palette.
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To change a shaded region:collapsedChange the line, parabola, or circle that contains the shading. The shading resizes.

collapsedChange a line style
  1. Step 1. Select the line, which turns orange.
  2. Step 2. Select the solid/dashed line style in the line style tool and the line changes.
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