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[?] Plot two equations and find the intersection point?

Lexie Tutwiler

Posted 7 years ago

Does anyone know how to plot these two equations x=cos x in the interval [0,[Pi]/2] and find the intersection point. Please help

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Lexie Tutwiler

Posted 7 years ago

Thank you so much last question I'm sorry you've been so helpful! Is there anything wrong with this input that it would only output one equation and not both? Plot[{Ln (x), 3 - x^2}, {x, 1, 2}]

POSTED BY: Lexie Tutwiler

Marco Thiel

Marco Thiel, University of Aberdeen - Dept. of Physics/Mathematics

Posted 7 years ago

Yes. Inputs to functions always go in square brackets. Also Ln is not a valid Mathematica function. A single equal sign at the beginning of the line fixes your syntactic mistake: I would suggest that you do this course https://www.wolfram.com/language/elementary-introduction/2nd-ed/ to get started with the Wolfram Language. A couple of pages and you should know why the input you used did not work. Best wishes, Marco

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Lexie Tutwiler

Posted 7 years ago

This is what I tried Plot[{sin[e^x], x^2 - 1}, {x, 0, 2}]

POSTED BY: Lexie Tutwiler

Marco Thiel

Marco Thiel, University of Aberdeen - Dept. of Physics/Mathematics

Posted 7 years ago

Yes, that won't work. In Mathematica all functions start with a capital letter. Hence, sin needs to be Sin. Also the "e" is just a variable without any fixed value. If you mean the basis of the exponential function you will have to use E. If you do not stick to the basic syntactic rules Mathematica will not evaluate. IF you are not sure about how to type it in, you can also use "natural language input", i.e. you type a single "=" sign at the beginning of a line: In many cases that fixes any syntactic errors. Cheers, Marco Best wishes, Marco

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Lexie Tutwiler

Posted 7 years ago

Also does anyone know how to plot these two equations sin(e^x)=x^2-1 in the interval [0,2] and find the intersection points???

POSTED BY: Lexie Tutwiler

Marco Thiel

Marco Thiel, University of Aberdeen - Dept. of Physics/Mathematics

Posted 7 years ago

The procedure is identical to the one outlined above! What have you tried? Even if you type your question just "as is" into WolframAlpha it works: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sin(e%5Ex)%3Dx%5E2-1 Cheers, Marco

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Lexie Tutwiler

Posted 7 years ago

I tried exactly what I did for the first one just switched out the equations but it appears that only the x^2 -1 equation is showing up on the graph.

POSTED BY: Lexie Tutwiler

Marco Thiel

Marco Thiel, University of Aberdeen - Dept. of Physics/Mathematics

Posted 7 years ago

How did you do that: Plot[{Sin[E^x], x^2 - 1}, {x, 0, 2}] Cheers, Marco PS: Note that the E needs to be capital.

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Lexie Tutwiler

Posted 7 years ago

Also does anyone know how to plot these two equations sin(e^x)=x^2-1 in the interval [0,2] and find the intersection points???

POSTED BY: Lexie Tutwiler

Lexie Tutwiler

Posted 7 years ago

Also does anyone know how to plot these two equations sin(e^x)=x^2-1 in the interval [0,2] and find the intersection points???

POSTED BY: Lexie Tutwiler

Marco Thiel

Marco Thiel, University of Aberdeen - Dept. of Physics/Mathematics

Posted 7 years ago

Hi Lexie, I am not quite sure what you mean by "two equations", where you only give x=cosx. In theory this can be plotted using: Plot[{x, Cos[x]}, {x, -1, 3}] There are various ways to solve this. For example: FindRoot[x == Cos[x], {x, 1}] ({x -> 0.739085}) or NSolve[{x == Cos[x] && x > 0 && x < Pi/2}, x] ({{x -> 0.739085}}) Cheers, Marco