Hi,

I am new to Maple so I don't know if this is expected behavior or simply a setting or command I need to set.

When I calculate (12x²y²)/4xy, I get (3x²y²)/xy instead of the simplified 3xy. Is this normal?

Thanks,

Perry

Hi,

I am new to Maple and doing a trivial calculation raised a few questions. I tried to calculate the average density of a wire with the following specs: 

• diameter = .40 inches
• length = 1000 feet
• weight = 61 pounds

Here's what I have come up with. 

with(Units[Standard]):

wirediameter:=.40[inch]:

wirelength:=1000[ft]:

wirevolume:=(wirediameter/2)2 * Pi * wirelength:=