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  • Subject: [mg21105] Re: [mg21039] question
  • From: BobHanlon at aol.com
  • Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:21:05 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Cos[2]*Sin[3] // N

-0.0587266

N[Cos[2]*Sin[3] ]

-0.0587266

See on=line help for N.

Bob Hanlon

In a message dated 12/13/1999 1:21:19 AM, alext at pluto.qteam.ici.ro writes:

>In Mathematica Version 2.2. I can't write_and_evaluate Cos[2]*Sin[3] because
>I receive a simple result: Cos[2]*Sin[3]
>If I write Cos[0.2]*Sin[3.3] I receive a numeric result: 0.05756;
>If I write Evaluate[Cos[0.2]]*Evaluate[Sin[3.3]] I receive a numeric result:
>0.05756;
>If I write Evaluate[Cos[2]]*Evaluate[Sin[3]] I receive a literal result:
>Evaluate[Cos[2]]*Evaluate[Sin[3]]
>I set the path in the "init.m" file and I receive the same answers.
>What can I do?
>


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