Section 1. Execution Groups: Input/Output

0. Pull down the Help menu and take the Quick Tour (New Users/Quick Tour).

Open a new Maple worksheet and do the following.

1. Reduce the fraction 546/1001 to lowest terms by typing

546/1001;

at the input prompt and pressing [return]. Press [Enter] on a PC. This is referred to as executing the entry.

2.* Simplify the square root of 19,220 by entering and executing

sqrt(19220);

Then obtain the complete integer factorization of 19220 by entering and executing

ifactor(19220);

Read ifactor as "integer factors of".

3.* Obtain an integral of the expression

exp(3*x)*cos(2*x)*sin(4*x) .

Enter it into the int procedure as follows

int( exp(3*x)*cos(2*x)*sin(4*x), x);

4. Pull down the View menu. Choose Hide/Show Contents and use the mouse to deselect Sections and Execution Groups. Dismiss the dialogue and make note of the changes in the appearance of the worksheet.

5. Pull down the View menu once more. Choose Hide/Show Contents again and deselect Input. Make note of the changes in the appearance of the worksheet.

6. Restore the worksheet to its original form (show Sections, Execution Groups, and Input). Save it with the name "My_1st_Mpl_wrksht"