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June 9, 2021
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Why I have got this strange solution

  • June 9, 2021
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Why I have got this strange solution? See please the picture and the Mathcad 15 file in attach.

Circle-Square.png

    Best answer by LucMeekes

    For some reason you have Mathcad in the position where it interprets 5h as 05h (that is 5, hexadecimal, equals 5 decimal). The same for a, it is 4h=4.

    Because with h=1/2, you can have either:

    a=2 and r=1.25,

    LucMeekes_1-1623248839942.png

    OR

    a=0 and r=1/4.

    Which only plots the circle, as the square has sides of zero, and sits on -1/4,0.

     

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    Luc

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    LucMeekes23-Emerald IVAnswer
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    June 9, 2021

    For some reason you have Mathcad in the position where it interprets 5h as 05h (that is 5, hexadecimal, equals 5 decimal). The same for a, it is 4h=4.

    Because with h=1/2, you can have either:

    a=2 and r=1.25,

    LucMeekes_1-1623248839942.png

    OR

    a=0 and r=1/4.

    Which only plots the circle, as the square has sides of zero, and sits on -1/4,0.

     

    Success!
    Luc

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      ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IVAuthor
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      June 9, 2021

      Thanks, Luk!

      It was one error from one my student. And I have showed him how we can work with PTC community.

      1 Use units of length in geometry problems.

      2 Use dot here: 3*h, a*(h-1m) etc.

      Circle-Square-OK.png

       

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