Introducing the Topic
In this chapter, you and your students will learn how to evaluate trigonometric
functions directly in radians or degrees, and graphically through the tracing feature.
Calculator Operations
To evaluate sin 45° directly, you will turn the calculator on and press to
enter computation mode. Press CL to clear the viewing window of any old
expressions. To evaluate trigonometric functions in degrees, you can set the
calculator to operate in degrees by pressing 2ndF SET UP , touch
B DRG
,
and double touch
1 Deg
. Press 2ndF QUIT to exit the menu. Now, to find the
sin 45° you will press sin 4 5 ENTER .
Evaluating Trigonometric Functions/TRIGONOMETRY USING THE SHARP EL-9600
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EVALUATING TRIGONOMETRIC
FUNCTIONS
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