Re: Simple equation won't plot
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- Subject: [mg82950] Re: [mg82917] Simple equation won't plot
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 06:13:13 -0500 (EST)
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You misspelled Plot (with the numeral 1 in place of the letter l).
(Whoever decided the two should look so nearly identical is roasting in =
hades, I hope.)
m = 70; a = 0.08; x0 = 5000; g = 9.81;
x[t_] = x0 - m*Log[Cosh[t*Sqrt[g*a]/Sqrt[m]]]/a
Plot[x[t], {t, 0, 60}]
works just fine.
The second line (a) isn't an equation and (b) uses t_ on the left to
define a pattern named t.
Bobby
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:27:03 -0500, Bert Aerts (rm x)
<bert.aertsx at advalvasx.be> 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}]
> How can I get a real plot? I tried [N[x[t]] and Evaluate[x[t]] but
> nothing
> worked...
> Why is t_ used in the second equation?
> The source of these equations is Ferdinand F. Cap's book "Mathematical
> methods in physics and engineering with Mathematica"
>
>
>
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