We begin this Problem section by doing an example to illustrate three steps you should follow when solving problems with your new Mathcad skills:
- Assign variables to all the information in the question.
- Define the relevant equations.
- Display your answer, insert units, and organize the solution with text that explains your logic and comments on your answer.
While going through each step to solve the example below, we will discuss each of these steps in more detail. In doing so, we will emphasize that breaking hard problems down into smaller steps is a helpful approach to solving problems.
You may also wish to refer to the relevant stages of our structured approach to problem-solving below (some will be repeated in the margin when relevant).
