Saturday, March 28, 2020

TI 84 Plus CE: Building Piecewise Functions by Points

TI 84 Plus CE:  Building Piecewise Functions by Points

Introduction

The program PWISEBLD generates a parametric piecewise function in the form:

x(t) = t
y(t) = p(t)  (piecewise function)

The program allows the user to draw lines from 2 to 5 points.

Point 1:  (A, B)
Point 2:  (C, D)
Point 3:  (E, F)
Point 4:  (G, H)
Point 5:  (I, J)

p(t) =
(Kt + B - KA)(A ≤ t ≤ C) +
(LT + D - LC)(C < t ≤ E) +
(Mt + F - ME)(E < t ≤ G) +
(Nt + H - NG)(G < t ≤ I)

where the comparisons evaluate to either 0 (false) or 1 (true)

The program was typed on the TI-84 Plus CE but it should work with any of the TI-80 (?), TI-81 (?), TI-82, TI-83, and TI-84 families. 

TI-84 Plus Program PWISEBLD

"2020-02-24 EWS"
Param
FnOff
ClrHome
Disp "PIECEWISE BY POINTS", "PARAMETRIC MODE"
Lbl 0
Input "POINTS (2,3,4,5)?", O
iPart(O) → O
If O<2 o="" or="">5
Then
Disp "2,3,4 OR 5 ONLY"
Goto 0
End
"DATA"
"T" → X1T
Disp "(A,B)?"
Prompt A,B
A → Tmin
Disp "(C,D)?"
Prompt C,D
C → Tmax
(D - B) / (C - A) → K
"(KT + B - KA)(A ≤ T and T ≤ C)" → Str0
If O ≥ 3
Then
Disp "(E,F)?"
Prompt E,F
E → Tmax
(F - D) / (E - C) → L
Str0 + "+(LT+D-LC)(C
End
If O ≥ 4
Then
Disp "(G,H)?"
Prompt G,H
G → Tmax
(H - F) / (G - E) → M
Stro + "+(MT+F-ME)(E
End
If O = 5
Then
Disp "(I,J)?"
Prompt I,J
I → Tmax
(J - H) / (I - G) → N 
Str0 + "+(NT+H-NG)(G
End
Str0 → Y1T
"SET GRAPH" 
ZoomFit

Download the TI-84 Plus CE version: 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1195hC6LBkR6uHCmCTjWAybSb07YwEPIa

You can use the parametric function Y1T(t) for analysis. 

Examples

Example 1: 
Three Points:  (3, 4), (5, 6), (8, 1)



Example 2:
Four Points:  (0, 0), (3, 4), (5, 6), (8, 1)



Example 3:
Five Points: (0, 0), (1, 1), (3, 6), (6, 10), (9, 12)




Eddie

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