Contents
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Chapter 1 : Introduction............................................................................................... 1
What is Algebrator ?........................................................................................................... 3
Installing Algebrator on your Computer............................................................. 4
System Requirements.................................................................................................................. 4
Installation................................................................................................................................... 4
Miscellaneous files...................................................................................................................... 6
Typographical Conventions............................................................................................. 7
Chapter 2 : Getting Started.......................................................................................... 9
Basic Workspace Expression Manipulation........................................................ 11
Solving Equations, Inequalities and Graphing.................................................. 23
Solving Systems of Equations, and Graphing..................................................... 33
Chapter 3 : Advanced Features................................................................................ 47
Using Visibility and Domain Options......................................................................... 49
Other Modes of Problem Solution............................................................................. 57
Chapter 4 : Teacher’s Tools...................................................................................... 65
Creating Documents and Workbooks..................................................................... 67
Generating Problems and Documents..................................................................... 77
Changing Supervisor Options......................................................................................... 85
Chapter 5 : Command Reference.............................................................................. 93
Working With Files............................................................................................................... 95
Opening an Expression File................................................................................................... 95
Saving Workspace.................................................................................................................... 96
Saving Workspace under a Different Name......................................................................... 96
Printing in Algebrator............................................................................................................. 96
Setting Printer Options......................................................................................................... 100
Exiting Algebrator................................................................................................................. 100
Basic Workspace manipulations.............................................................................. 102
Creating an Algebraic Expression...................................................................................... 102
Editing an Algebraic Expression........................................................................................ 102
Displaying an Expression..................................................................................................... 103
Deleting an Expression......................................................................................................... 103
Deleting All Workspace Expressions.................................................................................. 103
Generating Algebraic Expressions from a Template....................................................... 104
Simplifying Expressions................................................................................................... 105
Showing Next Simplification Step....................................................................................... 105
Showing Simplification Result............................................................................................. 105
Selecting Simplification Transformation........................................................................... 106
Combining Like Terms........................................................................................................... 107
Combining Like Factors.......................................................................................................