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Author Topic: FCalc: how to do algebra or ratios?  (Read 5728 times)

JFrankParnell

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FCalc: how to do algebra or ratios?
« on: August 16, 2010, 10:03 AM »
I often have to do things like 20/200 = x/100 .    Or 10n = 100*2.

Does fcalc do these sorts of things?

Thanks,
J

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Re: FCalc: how to do algebra or ratios?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2010, 11:29 AM »
Don't know the answer to your original question, but it ought to be possible to use the WolframAlpha computation engine, via FARR, to answer this sort of thing.

http://www.wolframal...t/?i=10n+%3D+100%2A2

Perhaps someone cleverer than me can put a FARR alias / plugin together?

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Re: FCalc: how to do algebra or ratios?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2010, 12:19 PM »
i think ampa has the right idea, and in fact lanux already made an alias for wolfram alpha, that you can download here:
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=18405.0

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Re: FCalc: how to do algebra or ratios?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2010, 04:47 PM »
if you're into widgets, the Wolfram Alpha website has a few of them built to specific queries.

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http://developer.wol...amalpha.com/widgets/

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Re: FCalc: how to do algebra or ratios?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2010, 09:10 PM »
hmm, thanks for the replys, guys, but neither works  :(

if you go to wolfram, 3n=10  the answer is 10/3 (ten over three).  Not too usefull ?
the PCalc apparently only likes the n by itself on one side of the = . 

I occasionally go a-googling for a calculator that will do algebra, and i've never found one.

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Re: FCalc: how to do algebra or ratios?
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2010, 09:38 PM »
you might want to try another Farr plugin called JSCalc. it's a calculator with an ability to add your own functions and many other useful stuff.

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https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=16022.0