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Use the grapher

You use the grapher to answer graphing questions when you do assignments and practice.

The grapher gives you a grid where you plot your graphs and a palette of tools you can use to create different kinds of graphs.

When you first open a graphing question, you see the small version of the grapher. You use the tools at the bottom to graph your answer.

You can work in the small version of the grapher, but the large version is easier to see and gives you hints to help you work.

To open the large version of the grapher, click the enlarge button in the question or click the magnifying glass icon above the grapher.

Use the large grapher

The following image explains the parts of the large grapher.

Large grapher showing Normal, Medium, and Maximaize buttons for sizing, hints above the graph grid, the drawing tool palette on the right, and the Save button at the bottom.

The drawing tools

The drawing tools available in the grapher depend on the type of graph you need to draw to answer the question. Click on a linked tool name to get more information on using the tool:

Icon	Use
	The line tool - draw a line between two points
	The circle tool - draw a circle
	The vertical parabola tool - plot a vertical parabola
	The horizontal parabola tool - plot a horizontal parabola
	The absolute value tool - graph an absolute value function
	The 3-point quadratic tool - graph a 3-point quadratic function
	The 4-point cubic tool - graph a 4-point cubic function
	The x-squared tool - graph a basic x-squared function and transform it
	The x-cubed tool - graph a basic x-cubed function and transform it
	The logarithm tool - graph a basic logarithmic function and transform it
	The exponential tool - graph a basic exponential function and transform it
	The sine tool - graph a basic sine function and transform it
	The cosine tool - graph a basic cosine function and transform it
	The region shading tool - shade an area in your graph
	The solid/dashed line tool - make the line of a selected object either solid or dashed