Texas Instruments TI-89 User Manual

Activities

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You can also use the Calculator-Based Ranger™ system (CBR™) to explore the 
mathematical and scientific relationships between distance, velocity, acceleration, and 
time using data collected from activities you perform.

Studying the Flight of a Hit Baseball

Studying the Flight of a Hit Baseball

Studying the Flight of a Hit Baseball

Studying the Flight of a Hit Baseball

This activity uses the split screen settings to show a parametric graph and a table at the 
same time to study the flight of a hit baseball.

:Send{3,1,

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1,0}

Send the Trigger command to the 
CBL 2™; collect data in real-time.

:For i,1,99

Repeat next two instructions for 99 
temperature readings.

:Get data[i]

Get a temperature from the CBL 2™ 
and store it in a list.

:PtOn i,data[i]

Plot the temperature data on a graph.

:EndFor

:seq(i,i,1,99,1)

!

time

Create a list to represent time or data 
sample number.

:NewPlot 1,1,time,data,,,,4

Plot time and data using NewPlot and 
the Trace tool.

:DispG

Display the graph.

:PtText "TEMP(C)",2,99

Re-label the axes.

:PtText "T(S)",80,

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5

:EndPrgm

Stop the program.