A function must be entered into
in order to obtain its graph. Press the
key. The resulting screen should look like the one below:

If any of the
lines are not blank, move the cursor using the UP or DOWN ARROW keys
to the line and press the CLEAR key. If any of Plot1,
Plot2, or Plot3 are highlighted, that Plot must be
turned off before proceeding. To turn a Plot on or off,
click here to go to Scatterplot.
To graph the function
,
enter the expression
for
. Note that the
key means "raise to the power of" on the calculator. The
result should look as follows:

Now press Zoom, then 6. The graph belows shows
plotted in the
VIEWING RECTANGLE [-10,10,1] X [-10,10,1]. This standard VIEWING RECTANGLE is obtained by setting it manually with the
WINDOW key or by ZOOM 6:ZStandard.
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