Texas Instruments 83CML/ILI/U Guidebook - Page 120

Getting Started: Forest and Trees

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Getting Started: Forest and Trees Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details. A small forest of 4,000 trees is under a new forestry plan. Each year 20 percent of the trees will be harvested and 1,000 new trees will be planted. Will the forest eventually disappear? Will the forest size stabilize? If so, in how many years and with how many trees? 1. Press z. Press to select Seq graphing mode. 2. Press y [FORMAT] and select Time axes format and ExprOn format if necessary. 3. Press o. If the graph-style icon is not í (dot), press | |, press Í until í is displayed, and then press ~ ~. 4. Press  ~ 3 to select iPart( (integer part) because only whole trees are harvested. After each annual harvest, 80 percent (.80) of the trees remain. Press Ë 8 y [u] £ „ ¹ 1 ¤ to define the number of trees after each harvest. Press à 1000 ¤ to define the new trees. Press † 4000 to define the number of trees at the beginning of the program. 5. Press p 0 to set nMin=0. Press † 50 to set nMax=50. nMin and nMax evaluate forest size over 50 years. Set the other window variables. PlotStart=1 PlotStep=1 Xmin=0 Xmax=50 Xscl=10 Ymin=0 Ymax=6000 Yscl=1000 6. Press r. Tracing begins at nMin (the start of the forestry plan). Press ~ to trace the sequence year by year. The sequence is displayed at the top of the screen. The values for n (number of years), X (X=n, because n is plotted on the x-axis), and Y (tree count) are displayed at the bottom. When will the forest stabilize? With how many trees? 6-2 Sequence Graphing

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6-2
Sequence Graphing
Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
A small forest of 4,000 trees is under a new forestry plan. Each year 20 percent
of the trees will be harvested and 1,000 new trees will be planted. Will the
forest eventually disappear? Will the forest size stabilize? If so, in how many
years and with how many trees?
1.
Press
z
. Press
~
~
~
Í
to select
Seq
graphing mode.
2.
Press
y
[
FORMAT
] and select
Time
axes
format and
ExprOn
format if necessary.
3.
Press
o
. If the graph-style icon is not
í
(dot), press
|
|
, press
Í
until
í
is
displayed, and then press
~
~
.
4.
Press
±
~
3
to select
iPart(
(integer
part) because only whole trees are
harvested. After each annual harvest, 80
percent (.80) of the trees remain. Press
Ë
8
y
[
u
]
£
¹
1
¤
to define the
number of trees after each harvest. Press
Ã
1000
¤
to define the new trees. Press
4000
to define the number of trees at the
beginning of the program.
5.
Press
p
0
to set
n
Min=0
. Press
50
to set
n
Max=50
.
n
Min
and
n
Max
evaluate
forest size over 50 years. Set the other
window variables.
PlotStart=1
Xmin=0
Ymin=0
PlotStep=1
Xmax=50
Ymax=6000
Xscl=10
Yscl=1000
6.
Press
r
. Tracing begins at
n
Min
(the
start of the forestry plan). Press
~
to trace
the sequence year by year. The sequence is
displayed at the top of the screen. The
values for
n
(number of years),
X
(
X=
n
,
because
n
is plotted on the x-axis), and
Y
(tree count) are displayed at the bottom.
When will the forest stabilize? With how
many trees?
Getting Started: Forest and Trees