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Calculator Lesson 12 Slope Fields: Return To List of Lessons

This document provides instructions for using a calculator to draw and manipulate slope fields and solutions to differential equations. It demonstrates how to draw the slope field for dx/dy=x^2+1, adjust the tick mark spacing to 0.25 units, and graph the solution x^3+x by switching to function mode and entering the equation.

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Calculator Lesson 12 Slope Fields: Return To List of Lessons

This document provides instructions for using a calculator to draw and manipulate slope fields and solutions to differential equations. It demonstrates how to draw the slope field for dx/dy=x^2+1, adjust the tick mark spacing to 0.25 units, and graph the solution x^3+x by switching to function mode and entering the equation.

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Return to List of Lessons Calculator Lesson 12 Slope Fields Our calculator is capable of drawing slope fields as described in our

text. We will dy = x 2 + 1. Press demonstrate by creating a slope field for the differential equation dx LS(hold) 2D/3D to get into the PLOT SETUP dialog box, choose Slopefield for Type: and in Eq: enter x 2 + 1. Now press NXT F6-OK LS(hold) WIN to get into PLOT WINDOW dialog box. The window will be set from -1 to 1 both horizontally and vertically. Reset X-Left to -2 and X-Right to 2, change Step Indep: to 11 and Depnd: to 9, then F5-ERASE F6-DRAW. You should see the slope field shown in the figure on the left below.

The tick marks on this graph are set to 10 pixels. Suppose we want them to .25 units. It is a bit tricky to convince the calculator that we really want the tick marks at .25 units, but the following sequence will get the job done. Go back to PLOT SETUP and choose Function for Type: and change the ticks to.25 units. Now press NXT F6-OK, then get right back into PLOT SETUP, change Type: back to Slopefield then erase and draw. You should now have tick marks .25 units apart as in the figure in the center above. We can look at the slope field and imagine what the graph of the solution to the differential equation will look like, but to graph it we must have the solution. In this case 1 that is not difficult to find. The antiderivative of x 2 + 1 is x 3 + x + C. Go back to 3 1 3 PLOT SETUP, choose Function for Type: and enter x + x into Eq:. Now draw 3 without erasing and you will get the graph shown on the left above. In this case we have chosen C = 0. Try different values for C, 0.5, 1, -0.5, etc. to see what happens.

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