diff --git a/source/2/2.4/2.4.3/Qalculate.rst b/source/2/2.4/2.4.3/Qalculate.rst index a3f82790..50089b99 100644 --- a/source/2/2.4/2.4.3/Qalculate.rst +++ b/source/2/2.4/2.4.3/Qalculate.rst @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Qalculate also does many operations with fractions. To input 1/2 into something To plot functions in Qalculate! press :kbd:`Control + P` or left click on the :guilabel:`graph` button. The :guilabel:`Data` tab will have info on what you want values to plot. To give your name to a function to plot enter that in the :guilabel:`Title` field. Type what you want to plot in the :guilabel:`Expression` field. To change what each varible is called change the :guilabel:`X variable` field. To change what style to draw the plot change the :guilabel:`Style` drop down. To change how to smooth your plot use the :guilabel:`Smoothing` drop down. To add another function to be plotted left click the :guilabel:`Add` button. To have the plot redrawn with your changes left click the :guilabel:`Apply` button. To remove something you want to plot left click the :guilabel:`Remove` button. On the bottom of this window is a list of everything you have to plot. The title of what you are plotting is listed in the :guilabel:`Title` column. The formula for what you are plotting is in the :guilabel:`Expression` column. +To channge what values to take in the functions use the :guilabel:`Function Range` tab. To change what the lowest value for x to plot enter :guilabel:`Minimum x value` field. To change the highest value to plot use the :guilabel:`Maximum x value`. To change how many points to plot change the :guilabel:`Sampling rate` field. To only show the real part of functions uncheck the :guilabel:`Show real and imaginary parts` checkbox. To apply changes you make to your plot left click the :guilabel:`Apply` button. + .. image:: qalculate-plot-result.png To exponentiate a base number to a power left click x :sup:`y` or type :kbd:`^`. To square a number right click x :sup:`y` or type :kbd:`sq()` around what you want to square. To raise e to a power middle click x :sup:`y` or type :kbd:`exp()` around what power you want to raise e to. To take the square root of something left click the :guilabel:`√` button or insert a :kbd:`√` character. To take the cube root of something right click the :guilabel:`√` button or type :kbd:`cbrt()`. To take the nth root of something middle click on the :guilabel:`√` button or type :kbd:`root( , )` where the first thing is what you are taking the root of and the second is which root to take.