On a graphing calculator, what do you adjust so you can see the entire graph?

Answer 1

The WINDOW.

Zoom Fit is the cheap way out.

Answer 2

Zoom fit doesn't really let you know what the graph really looks like. Depending on what your function is, you have to make a window that can hold the whole graph. Usually this can be done by Going to Window and changing the Min Max and Scl to much larger #'s. My rule of thumb is to have the scale be (Max-Min)/10

Answer 3

A bunch of times, i have to change the margins so that i can see the entire graph.

For ex: if
-10, 10
-10, 10

Doesn't work, i go to

-20,20
-20,20

Until i can see as much as the graph that i want to be able to answer the problem.

By the way, the margins, go like this

x1,x2
y1,y2

You can get graphs at, www.quickmath.com or http://www.calculator.com/calcs/GCalc.html

however at http://www.calculator.com/calcs/GCalc.html you will have to put your problems in y = form, making sure to leave out the y = part, just type the rest of the graph. At www.quickmath.com you don't have to worry about that.

Answer 4

I asked my husband this.....he is very good at math, helped all three of our daughters in high school. He laughed and said he'd never been able to figure out the graphing calc. he used a slide rule.

Answer 5

The button zoom and as the ohter guy said zoom fit is good. But there are other options too.

Answer 6

Try zooming out.