How to use the Slope Fields Tool

Setting Initial Conditions

• Click the mouse on the graphing plane to set the initial conditions for a trajectory or a point for a vector.

Equations

• Click the arrow button to the left of the equation to pop up the list of equations.
• Click an equation to select it.

Drawing Mode Buttons

• [Vectors] sets vectors when you click on the plane.
• [Solutions] displays a solution curve when you click on the plane.

Time Step Buttons

• Click the mouse on a button in the t  list to set the time step for vectors and trajectories.

Other Buttons

[Draw Field] draws a slope field over the graphing plane.

[Clear] removes all vectors and trajectories from the graphing plane.

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