HP 50g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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[4.5,5.6,4.4],[4.9,3.8,5.5],[5.2,2.2,6.6]] `

to store it in

ΣDAT, use the function STOΣ (available in the function catalog,

‚N). Press VAR to recover your variables menu. A soft menu key
labeled

ΣDAT should be available in the stack. The figure below shows the

storage of this matrix in ALG mode:

To produce the graph:

Θ Press „ô, simultaneously if in RPN mode, to access to the PLOT SETUP

window.

Θ Change

TYPE

to

Bar

.

Θ A matrix will be shown at the ΣDAT field. This is the matrix we stored

earlier into

ΣDAT.

Θ Highlight the

Col:

field. This field lets you choose the column of

ΣDAT that

is to be plotted. The default value is 1. Keep it to plot column 1 in

ΣDAT.

Θ Press L@@@OK@@@ to return to normal calculator display.
Θ Press „ò, simultaneously if in RPN mode, to access the PLOT

WINDOW screen.

Θ Change the V-View to read,

V-View: 0 5

.

Θ Press @ERASE @DRAW to draw the bar plot.

Θ Press @CANCL to return to the PLOT WINDOW environment. Then, press

$ , or L@@@OK@@@, to return to normal calculator display.

The number of bars to be plotted determines the width of the bar. The H- and V-
VIEW are set to 10, by default. We changed the V-VIEW to better

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