Interpreting Expressions

If your mathematical notation is ambiguous, it may still be accepted. However, the way it is interpreted may or may not be what you intended. To be safe, remove an ambiguity by placing additional parentheses in the expression.

$\blacktriangleright$ To see Scientific Notebook's interpretation of a mathematical expression

1.
Leave the insertion point in the expression.

2.
Press CTRL, and while holding it down, type ?.

$\blacktriangleright$ CTRL + ?

1/3x + 4 =  ${\dfrac{{1}}{{3x}}}$ + 4        

1/$\left(\vphantom{ 3x+4}\right.$3x + 4$\left.\vphantom{ 3x+4}\right)$ =  ${\dfrac{{1}}{{3x+4}}}$        

$\left(\vphantom{ 1/3}\right.$1/3$\left.\vphantom{ 1/3}\right)$x + 4 =  ${\frac{{1}}{{3}}}$x + 4

Note    The number of digits in answers to numerical problems depends on settings that you can change in the Maple Settings menu discussed at the end of this chapter. The examples in this document may differ in this respect from the answers you get with your system, and different examples in this document use different settings.