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April 9, 2013
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How to substitute numerically evaluated value in explicit function

  • April 9, 2013
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In the attached simple calculations, I am performing the explicit calculations to evaluate the Oxygen variable that is defined by an expression containing BODr variable. I added the symbolic equal sign after the definition of the BODr variable to substitute its evaluated value.

The question is how the variable BODr can be substituted as 7429 kg/day(numerically evaluated value) and not as the symbolically evaluated value. I am using MathCAD 14.

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Best answer by AndyWesterman

The symbolic processor doesn't handle units well, explicitly stating the mg to kg & L to m^3 relationships does seem to work in mathcad 15 & shoould be readable in 14

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Regards

Andy

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12-Amethyst
April 9, 2013

The symbolic processor doesn't handle units well, explicitly stating the mg to kg & L to m^3 relationships does seem to work in mathcad 15 & shoould be readable in 14

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Regards

Andy

1-Visitor
April 11, 2013

Thank you for the solution. It works well . But I encountered the same problem with different variable Csc, where it is substituted in the explicit equation as kg/day while it would be preferable to be in mg/L units. Any suggestions.

Best Regards

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Werner_E
25-Diamond I
April 11, 2013

Wouldn't the same trick work again? Redefine kg and m^3 accordingly before evaluating RATIO.