Re: Plot this?
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- Subject: [mg109553] Re: Plot this?
- From: Adam <juneappal at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 06:04:56 -0400 (EDT)
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On May 4, 3:31 am, "Trevor Rabey" <trevorATperfectproject.com... at giganews.com> wrote: > I am new to Mathematica and going at snail's pace. > I would like to plot: > > 8x - x^2 + 14y - y^2 = 49 > > Anyone? > > -- > Trevor Rabey There are a few different ways to visualize that relationship. Here is the most obvious one: ContourPlot[8 x - x^2 + 14 y - y^2 == 49, {x, -10, 15}, {y, -10, 15}] Also try something like this: RadiusList = {25, 36, 49}; ContourPlot[ 8 x - x^2 + 14 y - y^2 == RadiusList, {x, -10, 15}, {y, -10, 15}] ContourPlot has lots of fun options - browse the help files. (Right- click on "ContourPlot" and choose "Get Help."