Texas Instruments TI-84 PLUS Guidebook - Page 282
Programming, Getting Started: Volume of a Cylinder
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Chapter 16: Programming Getting Started: Volume of a Cylinder Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details. A program is a set of commands that the TI-84 Plus executes sequentially, as if you had entered them from the keyboard. Create a program that prompts for the radius R and the height H of a cylinder and then computes its volume. 1. Press ~ ~ to display the PRGM NEW menu. 2. Press Í to select 1:Create New. The Name= prompt is displayed, and alpha-lock is on. Press C Y L I N D E R, and then press Í to name the program CYLINDER. You are now in the program editor. The colon ( : ) in the first column of the second line indicates the beginning of a command line. 3. Press ~ 2 to select 2:Prompt from the PRGM I/O menu. Prompt is copied to the command line. Press ƒ R ¢ ƒ H to enter the variable names for radius and height. Press Í. 4. Press y B ƒ R ¡ ƒ H ¿ ƒ V Í to enter the expression pR2H and store it to the variable V. 5. Press ~ 3 to select 3:Disp from the PRGM I/O menu. Disp is pasted to the command line. Press y 7 [ã] V O L U M E O I S V Í to set up the program to display the text VOLUME IS on one line and the calculated value of V on the next. 6. Press y 5 to display the home screen. Chapter 16: Programming 275