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November 22, 2012
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Using Mathcad For Showing Working Out

  • November 22, 2012
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So, I'm new to mathcad and I'm just getting to grips with the use of it.

What I want to know is... Can Mathcad be used as a way of presenting an equation (Such as epanding a power series etc) where I just type in the equation out in full, step by step?

This is mainly because I would like to present my Engineering Mathematics Assignments in a well laid out way, as opposed to the "Epileptic spider covered in ink thrashing about that page" look I have when hand-writing it all out.

I know this may seem a bit of a primitive use for Mathcad, but it would really be useful to have alongside using it to verify my calculations.

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StuartBruff23-Emerald V
23-Emerald V
November 22, 2012

Yes, for values of 'present' and 'type'. If you have MS Word, you could even use Equation Editor to enter the equation (to allow you to input the symbols or notation that Mathcad doesn't have).

In some cases, you may even be able to use Mathcad to automatically do the expansions for you (eg, symbolic series command).

Stuart

ptc-48478931-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
November 22, 2012

Thanks Stuart... I never even thought about Word. I'll have a go later when I get home.

StuartBruff23-Emerald V
23-Emerald V
November 22, 2012

Rather than use Word, you can embed an Equation Editor object into Mathcad .. same process as in Word ... and thus keep both calculations and any more elaborate equations in the one document (ie, the Mathcad worksheet).

Stuart

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