1. An Introduction to MathCAD More Symbolic Maths And First Steps in Calculus

2. 2 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Live Symbolic Calculation u Use Symbol Toolbar Symbolic Evaluation Operator Evaluation with Keywords

3. 3 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Live Symbolic Calculation  u u Evaluate & Simplify by default

4. 4 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Evaluation with Keywords  u Type.

5. 5 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Substitute u Uses boolean equals = =

6. 6 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Solve –Will solve expressions or equations for variables –If = omitted assumes =0

7. 7 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 The Calculus Toolbar u Accessed from View|Toolbars|Calculus u Or by clicking on integral sign on palette u Contains shortcuts for common calculus operations

8. 8 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 The Calculus Toolbar

9. 9 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Summations u Summations and Product available u 2 forms: –Existing range variable –Create new range variable

10. 10 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 e x defined as: Define MyE function to give an approximation of order n Calculating e

11. 11 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Calculating e

12. 12 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Derivatives u Numeric & Symbolic

13. 13 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Derivatives #2

14. 14 MathCAD #5  dpl 2001 Integrals u From Calculus Toolbar u Symbolic & Numeric Evaluation