{VERSION 3 0 "SUN SPARC SOLARIS" "3.0" } {USTYLETAB {CSTYLE "Maple Input" -1 0 "Courier" 0 1 255 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "2D Math" -1 2 "Times" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "2D Comment" 2 18 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 } {CSTYLE "" -1 265 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "" -1 266 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "" -1 267 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{PSTYLE "Normal" -1 0 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "Headi ng 1" 0 3 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }1 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }} {SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 37 "Hints for Math 126 Maple Assignme nt 2" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 525 " If you start the assignment well in advance of the due date and run in to repeated technical problems, such as Maple crashing or the printer \+ not printing your plots, instead of wasting a huge amount of time, go \+ into the File menu, then Export as, then Maple text, to save the file as a Maple text file. (Be sure you use Maple text.) Then email it t o your instructor, along with a description of the problem. That way, the problem can be solved before the assignment is due without you ha ving to waste hours fighting Maple." }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" } }{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 73 "Be sure to look at the Help worksheets p lots.mws, solve.mws and subs.mws." }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }} {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 48 "The Maple command for the logarithm in th e base " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "a;" "6#%\"aG" }{TEXT -1 4 " of " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "x;" "6#%\"xG" }{TEXT -1 4 " is " }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 10 "log[a](x);" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 91 "If you highlight a mathematical expression whic h is in the text of the assignment (such as " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "log[a](x );" "6#-&%$logG6#%\"aG6#%\"xG" }{TEXT -1 93 ") you should be able to c opy it and paste it after a Maple prompt and end up with the correct" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 16 "Maple command. " }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 224 "The Help worksheet plot. mws shows you how to plot two graphs on the same set of coordinates. \+ (It gives two methods.) You can similarly plot more than two on the s ame set of coordinates. There's an example in demo6_1.mws. " }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 12 "The command " } {TEXT 265 6 "fsolve" }{TEXT -1 104 " is explained in the Help workshee t solve.mws. There's an example of how to specify the interval where \+ " }{TEXT 266 7 "fsolve " }{TEXT -1 27 "should look for a solution." }} {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 162 "You migh t want Maple to substitute a number for a variable in some function. \+ Of course, you can always do this by hand, but Maple also has a substi tute command, " }{TEXT 267 5 "subs " }{TEXT -1 40 "which is explained \+ in the Help worksheet" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 9 "subs.mws." }}} {MARK "2 0" 494 }{VIEWOPTS 1 1 0 1 1 1803 }