http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/144515-How-Would-I-Write-The-Procedure en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:03:20 GMT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:03:20 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, How would I write the procedure? http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/144515-How-Would-I-Write-The-Procedure http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/144515-How-Would-I-Write-The-Procedure?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:How would I write the procedure?:Comments#answer144519 <p>Make p1 the plot of the curve:</p> <pre>p1 := plot( f(x), x=... ):</pre> <p>Now make a list of plots, consisting of several (many) normal lines:</p> <pre>N := [ seq( plot( normal(i), ... ), i= ... ) ]:</pre> <p>The animation of these normals:</p> <pre>p2 := plots:-display( N, insequence=true ):</pre> <p>and the final picture:</p> <pre>plots:-display( {p1,p2}, scaling=constrained, view= ... );</pre> <p>The scaling option is important, to see that the normal is perpendicular to the curve!</p> <p>Make p1 the plot of the curve:</p> <pre>p1 := plot( f(x), x=... ):</pre> <p>Now make a list of plots, consisting of several (many) normal lines:</p> <pre>N := [ seq( plot( normal(i), ... ), i= ... ) ]:</pre> <p>The animation of these normals:</p> <pre>p2 := plots:-display( N, insequence=true ):</pre> <p>and the final picture:</p> <pre>plots:-display( {p1,p2}, scaling=constrained, view= ... );</pre> <p>The scaling option is important, to see that the normal is perpendicular to the curve!</p> 144519 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:47:31 Z Adri van der Meer Adri van der Meer