Integration vertically
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Integration vertically
Hello to all,
I am looking to see if you can tell MathCAD to integrate not along the x axis by along the y axis.
In the attached I am trying to integrate the area above the plotted line i.e. from 0m upward to 5m integrating all the values of x in terms of y as opposed to the default which is to integrate under the line all the values of y in terms of x. There is madness to the logic as to why I want to do this I promise.
If I can get this to work the answer should obviously be 25m^2.
Thanks
Andy
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Just for completeness, here's a function to do 'vertical integration' on an arbitrary function (well.... arbitrary..... there are limitations):
Luc
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I can understand your desire to integrate along the y-axis. You should go back to your calculus definition of integration. There is a significant reason to only allow integration along the x-axis. The only way this can be done if there is a unique relationship between x and y.
Example y = Mx + B has a unique relationship between x and y i.e. for each x there is a unique y
Example y = Mx^2 This does not a unique relationship, for each y there are two x's that are a solution.
Cheers

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