13/2 Numerator pi +5. Mathematica keeps me on the bottom of the denominator. I use esc[p] for Pi but I don’t know how to move through the process.
Thanks in advance
There is a tutorial on typing fractions: Two-Dimensional Expression Input—Wolfram Documentation
Also, have you tried the Basic Math Assistant palette?
Is this what you want?
Pi*13/2 +5
In[2]:= N[Pi*13/2 + 5]
Out[2]= 25.4204
Thanks I am working from a Mathcad tutorial program Study Works and trying to reproduce it in Mathematica.
One thing I noticed if I type into the search box Enter fractions, it never gives me the type fractions Help sheet! Somebody might want to add that. The other thing is I am trying to learn the shortcuts for the different mathematical apparatuses. Pi, Sqrt. I’ll try the meun palette this time round.
I wanted to simplify my precision so I used the N[Squareeoot symbol from the math palette ,5]and it wouldn’t work, but if I spell out Sqrt it works. Why is that?
After bringing up the palette, click on the square root symbol. A radical symbol with a square box appears on your notebook command line. Click on the square box within the Radical and enter 5. Move cursor to right of that symbol and left click again. Then add two forward slashes and an N. Execute command. I copied that operation out of my notebook to place in this message. When I paste results from the copy, rather than showing the square root Radical sign, Sqrt[5] is displayed. In the notebook a 5 is shown within the square root Radical sign.
In[1]:= Sqrt[5] // N
Out[1]= 2.23607