• Compute the following expressions in Maple:

  

> 8/(5*2);

> 5/6^2;

• Compute 5 + 2 - 3 using ditto marks.

> 5+2;

> %-3;

• Compute 5 factorial.

> 5!;

• Create a command line with two statements: 2 + 3 and 2 - 3. Use the correct line delimiters so that you receive output from only the first computation.

> 2+3;
  2-3:

• Show an example of appropriate use of the backslash symbol.

> 2+3-\
  5-2;

• Create a sequence of x squared. Make the sequence five units long.

> (x^2)$5;

• Use Maple to create an example of something you learned in this lesson. Use appropriate comments so that you would know what the code does if you forget. (Example: If you compute 2 times 3, your comment might say "In Maple, use the asterisk to represent multiplication.")

One example (You did not have to do the double-ditto mark):

> 2+3;

> 2-3;

> %%+2; #The double ditto mark returns the next to the last piece of output

• Extra Credit:

  When you create a variable x

  x = 2 + 5(88)

  What does Maple store in the variable? 2 + 5(88) or 442? Why?

Maple stores 442 in the variable x. That is because Maple's order of operations says that it evaluates assignment last. Therefore, Maple has already evaluated 2+5(88) before it stores it into a variable.

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