Re: Simple equation won't plot
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- Subject: [mg82955] Re: Simple equation won't plot
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 06:15:48 -0500 (EST)
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- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
Bert Aerts (rm x) wrote:
> When I type following commands in Mathematica 6.0.1:
> m = 70; a = 0.08; x0 = 5000; g = 9.81;
> x[t_] = x0 - m*Log[Cosh[t*Sqrt[g*a]/Sqrt[m]]]/a;
> P1ot[x[t], {t, 0, 60}]
> I don't get a plot, but instead:
> P1ot[5000 - 875. Log[Cosh[0.105884 t]], {t, 0, 60}]
Try fixing the typo. You have a numeral one instead of the letter l in Plot.
> Why is t_ used in the second equation?
This identifies t as an argument in the function.
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Helen Read
University of Vermont