FUNCTIONS Piecewise Defined Functions (Page 2 of 4)

Change the WINDOW settings as shown, and graph the function. You can see from the graph why it is referred to as a step function.

WINDOW key....

GRAPH key.

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If you press TRACE and move the cursor left or right, you can watch the cursor jump from one "step" to the next.

TRACE key.

Left arrow key.... Right arrow key....

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