thanks for the reply, but im afraid my english knowledge or brain capacity didnt let me understand that :( , i thought it would just be a setting somewhere in the program. lets say i wanted to solve the 2 following math problems, but i would like to see more details then just the answer. 1: diff((2*x^3-3*x)*(x^2-2),x); 2: simplify((9*x^4*y^(-2)/(12*x^(-5)*y^(-9))^3)); am i supposed to add parameters and stuff then? could anyone show me how its done please? i would appriciate that alot. and im sorry i dont understand the other post. i read it 6-7 times. i guess im to new to maple and math. thanks alot in advance(again), jenni :-)

thanks for the reply, but im afraid my english knowledge or brain capacity didnt let me understand that :( , i thought it would just be a setting somewhere in the program. lets say i wanted to solve the 2 following math problems, but i would like to see more details then just the answer. 1: diff((2*x^3-3*x)*(x^2-2),x); 2: simplify((9*x^4*y^(-2)/(12*x^(-5)*y^(-9))^3)); am i supposed to add parameters and stuff then? could anyone show me how its done please? i would appriciate that alot. and im sorry i dont understand the other post. i read it 6-7 times. i guess im to new to maple and math. thanks alot in advance(again), jenni :-)