AcomprehensivelistofGDCtechniquesforPaper2

FunctionsandCalculus:
Youmustbeabletoenterfunctionsandchooseappropriatewindow
settings(Zoom:6givesyouastandardgrid)
YoumustbeabletousetheCalcmenu(2ndtrace):

1)Value(calculatestheyvalueforaspecifiedxvalueonyour
function)

2)Zero(calculatesthexvalueswheref(x)=0inotherwordsitfinds
thexintercepts)

3and4)Max/Min(findsthemaximumorminimumvalueoveracertain
interval)

5)Intersect(findsthepointofintersectionoftwocurves)

**NotethatthisfeaturealsoallowsyoutosolveANYsinglevariable
equation

6)dy/dx(thederivativefeaturefindstheslopeofthetangentatany
pointonthecurve)

Find f '(2)
7)(theintegralfindsthedefiniteintegraloversomeintervaland
hasapplicationsinarea)

Find

FeaturesinOS2.55

Someofthemostusefulfeaturesarefoundunder"Alpha""Y=".These
include:

n/d>allowsyoutoinputrationalexpressionsastheyarewritten

(>findsthesumofaserieswithgivenboundaries

nDeriv(>findsthederivativeofafunctionatagivenvalue.
(Ipreferusingthegraph)
Find f'(2) if f(x)=2x2-12x+13

fnInt(>findsadefiniteintegral.Thisisagreatfeaturebecausethe
notationissoclear.

logBASE(>allowsyoutoworkinbasesotherthan10ore.Giventhat
youknowthechangeofbaserule,youreallyshouldn'tneedthis.

Matrices:

Allfeaturesarefoundunder2ndx1.Youmustbeableto:

Inputmatricesofanyorderandperformoperations(addition,
subtraction,scalarandmatrixmultiplication)

Raiseasquarematrixtoanexponent

Findthedeterminantofasquarematrix

Findtheinverseofasquarematrix

**Thesefeatureswillbeparticularlyimportantinthecontextof
solvingmatrixequations.Rememberthat:
Thedimensionsofamatrixaregivenby#rowsx#columns
Ordermatterswhenmultiplyingmatrices
Divisionofmatricesisimpossible
Amatrixhasaninverseonlyifitissquareanditsdeterminantis
not0

Statistics:

BasicDescriptiveStats

YoumustbeabletouseyourGDCtoquicklyfindmean,median,standard
deviation,andquartiles.Therearetwopossiblescenarios:

A)Youaregivenrawdata(justabunchofnumbers)

i)EnteryourdatainL1(accessliststhroughtheSTATbutton)
ii)PressSTAT>1tochoose1VarStats(one
variablestatistics)
iii)PressL1(2nd1)totellyourcalculatorwheretofind
thedataandLEAVETHEFREQLISTBLANK!!

B)Youaregivenafrequencytable/graph

i)EnteryourdatavaluesinL1(usethemidpointsifthesearegivenas
intervals)
ii)EnteryourfrequenciesinL2
iii)PressSTAT>1tochoose1VarStats(one
variablestatistics)
iv)InputL1for"List"andL2for"Freq"

Featuresinvolvingthenormaldistribution:
ThesefeaturesarefoundundertheDISTRmenu(2ndVARS).Thetwofeaturesthatwe
useare"normalcdf"and"invnorm".Ifaquestioninvolveszscores,wehaveameanof0
andastandarddeviationof1.

Areabetweengivenzscores

Thenormalcdffunctionletsyouinsertalowerboundaryandanupperboundaryforyourzscores.

Forexample,P(0.45z1.03)=

Areatotheleftofagivenzscore

Ifwewanttheareatotheleftofazscoreof0.34,wecouldwritethisasP(z0.34).Thisisthe
sameasP(____z_____).Yourcalculatordoesn'thaveabutton,butyoucanchooseavery
largenegativenumberwithEE99.

Therefore,P(z0.34)=

Areatotherightofagivenzscore

Ifwewanttheareatotherightofazscoreof0.56,wecouldwritethisasP(z0.56).Thisisthe
sameasP(____z_____).Again,yourcalculatordoesn'thaveabutton,butyoucanchoosea
verylargepositivenumberwithEE99.

Therefore,P(z0.56)=

InverselookupswithaGDC
Yourcalculatorcanfindthezscorewithacertainareatoitsleftusing
invNorm(2ndVARS,3).
Ex.1)Supposeyouwanttofindthezscorewithanareaof0.43toits
left.TypeinvNorm(___).

Ex.2)Supposeyouwanttofindthezscorewithanareaof0.62toits
right.TypeinvNorm(_____).

Ex.3)ThelengthsofsongsontheBillboardtop100chartforthepast
tenyearshaveameanof230seconds,withastandarddeviationof23
seconds.98%ofthesongsareshorterthansomelength,a.Calculate
thevalueofa.

BinomialExpansion

Theexpressioncanbeexpandedto:

TheexpressionisacombinationandcanbeevaluatedwiththenCr
featureinyourcalculator(MATH<3).

BinomialProbability

Studiesshowthat63%ofteenagerseatbreakfastregularly.Supposea
randomsampleof5teenagersistaken.Whatistheprobabilitythat
exactlyfoureatbreakfastregularly?

Checkformulabook6.10

BinomialProbabilityDistributions

ThefeaturesbinompdfandbinomcdfarefoundunderDISTRA&B(don't
usenormalpdf).Binompdfshowstheprobabilityofexactly"r"successes
(ie.P(X=r)).Binomcdfiscumulativeprobabilitydistributionfunctionand
showstheprobabilityofupto"r"successes(ie.P(Xr)).

Ex)Studiesshowthat63%ofteenagerseatbreakfastregularly.Supposea
randomsampleof5teenagersistaken.

a)Whatistheprobabilitythatexactlyfoureatbreakfastregularly?

b)Whatistheprobabilitythatthefollowingnumbereatbreakfastregularly?
i)0
ii)2
iii)3

c)Whatistheprobabilitythatatmost3eatbreakfastregularly?

d)Whatistheprobabilitythatatleast2eatbreakfastregularly?