This applet was written by David Eck as part of his JCM Project - (Java Components for Mathematics Project). David works for the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York State (www.hws.edu) and his complete site can be viewed at
To plot your X Y data pairs you can type in the X value then Y values by using the Tab key after each entry, or you can enter all the X values and press the down arrow key after each X value. You can then go up to the top of the Y column and enter the Y values, again pressing the down arrrow key after each entry.
Once you have completed the data entry click on the Update Display button in the bottom right hand corner.
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