Oops!! *6 is meant to be the square root of six. Also
DENOMINATOR(squareroot(a)/b) comes out correctly as b!
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From: Williams, Hugh [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 30 March 2001 15:14
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Subject: The denominator function
Can anyone explain what is happening when I use the DENOMINATOR function on
*6/6 using Derive 5.03 I was expecting 6 but got 1.
If anyone know how to extract the numerator and denominator from an
irrational fraction like *6/6 or get Derive to write it as 1/*6 I would be
grateful
Hugh Williams
Hugh C. Williams MA MSc CMath FIMA Department of Mathematics, Statistics and
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