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Solve

The Solve aplet will solve an equation or an expression for its

unknown variable.

You define an equation or expression in

Symbolic view, then supply values for all of the variables

except one

in Numeric view. Then Solve will find the

remaining unknown.

As a simple example, consider the equation

force = mass x acceleration

(that

is,

f

=

m

*

a

) in

the Solve

Symbolic view.

SVMiaUC VliHS

^EliF=M*R

E3:

E4!

E5:

mia&sosi

If

force

is 600 N and

acceleration

is 9.8 m/sec^ then pressing

{{SOLV}}

in the Solve Numeric view finds that the unknown

mass

must be 61.22 kg.

NUMERIC

SOLVE NUMERIC VIEW I

1F: 600 1

|F= 600 1

1.2244397959 ■

ft: 9.8

ft: 9.8

ENTER VALUE DR PRES! fDLVE

ENTER VALUE DR PRESS SOLVE

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Furthermore, you can solve the equation for any one of its

variables. You can solve the equation as many times as you

want with new values and different unknowns.

Solve 4-1