Tag: Mathcad

Football: A Game of Physics

By Anand Savani | Published: February 1, 2013
super bowl XLVII

With Super Bowl XLVII mere hours away, final preparations in New Orleans are in full swing. Teams are undergoing their final meetings, the media frenzy is approaching its peak and the referees are checking their rule books one last time. And while coaches are poring over hours of game footage and quarterbacks are practicing rhythm and timing with wide receivers, …

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Frisbee Physics: A look at PTC Mathcad Express and PTC Mathcad

By Jakov Kucan | Published: January 29, 2013
Euler's Method PTC Mathcad Express

I just love problems that can be solved more than one way. After two PTC Mathcad worksheets modeling frisbee flight (see recent blog), I wanted to solve the same problem in PTC Mathcad Express. The ‘Express’ version is free and understandably comes with limitations. Specifically, it does not support Programming nor Solve Blocks – the two features used to solve …

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Teaching and Learning Corner: Using Include Worksheets

By Chris Hartmann | Published: May 9, 2012

As a teenager I was, I realize now, a terrible learner. I attribute this fact to having developed the wrong priorities – I am not sure it was entirely my fault. Success was measured by test scores. High test scores could be attained via rote memorization. Therefore, I focused on memorizing facts in history, formulas in math and science, and …

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