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  • April 4, 2025
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I was trying trigonometric functions in Mathcad & for some reason I couldn`t get these results/values in fraction mode. Is there a way to enable them? I couldn`t get it in Math Formatting Tab as well. 

Please feel free to share your thoughts.

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- Srikar

Best answer by Werner_E

Prime does not offer an option to display numeric results as a fraction.

Real Mathcad had such an option

Werner_E_1-1743780478640.png

but it was not really helpful when it came to irrational and transcendent numbers

Werner_E_2-1743780531975.png

 

To see the results you probably want to see you have to use the symbolic engine.

Symbolic evaluation can be achieved by pressing Ctrl+.

Werner_E_3-1743780682013.png

 

Unfortunately the symbolics does not know anything about units (the degree symbol ° is just an alias for the (pseudo)unit "deg").

Werner_E_5-1743780830080.png

So you either can redefine any function which may use an angle as input value as @ttokoro  has demonstrated or (and I think that's the more appropriate approach) you can (re)define the unit "deg" in your worksheet at the top of the sheet so that the symbolic learns that "deg" is not just an unknown variable.

You may hide this redefinition either to the right of the right margin or in a collapsed region so that its not in the way and irritating when you print the report.

Werner_E_6-1743781161284.png

 

In old Mathcad we had the option to hide keywords and display the symbolic evaluation using the equal sign and so we could write (here MC15)

Werner_E_7-1743781601462.png

In Prime this looks like this

Werner_E_8-1743781642621.png

Maybe one day even Prime will offer the option to hide keywords and use the equal sign ....

 

 

 

2 replies

ttokoro
21-Topaz I
ttokoro21-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
April 4, 2025

It is able to use radian instead degree. One of tips is make user function sin(x) like below and make symbolic answers. If you want not itaric, you can change the style of variables.

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t.t.
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Werner_E25-Diamond IAnswer
25-Diamond I
April 4, 2025

Prime does not offer an option to display numeric results as a fraction.

Real Mathcad had such an option

Werner_E_1-1743780478640.png

but it was not really helpful when it came to irrational and transcendent numbers

Werner_E_2-1743780531975.png

 

To see the results you probably want to see you have to use the symbolic engine.

Symbolic evaluation can be achieved by pressing Ctrl+.

Werner_E_3-1743780682013.png

 

Unfortunately the symbolics does not know anything about units (the degree symbol ° is just an alias for the (pseudo)unit "deg").

Werner_E_5-1743780830080.png

So you either can redefine any function which may use an angle as input value as @ttokoro  has demonstrated or (and I think that's the more appropriate approach) you can (re)define the unit "deg" in your worksheet at the top of the sheet so that the symbolic learns that "deg" is not just an unknown variable.

You may hide this redefinition either to the right of the right margin or in a collapsed region so that its not in the way and irritating when you print the report.

Werner_E_6-1743781161284.png

 

In old Mathcad we had the option to hide keywords and display the symbolic evaluation using the equal sign and so we could write (here MC15)

Werner_E_7-1743781601462.png

In Prime this looks like this

Werner_E_8-1743781642621.png

Maybe one day even Prime will offer the option to hide keywords and use the equal sign ....

 

 

 

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