Excel Definition and 335 Threads
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Excel automatically highlighting row and column
Excel on Windows 11. My windows was "updated" yesterday. Now, when I open an excel file, I get this green highlighting. Anyone know how to turn this off? It really annoys me. Thanks! Example 1 (Cursor is in cell D9) Example 2 (cursor in F12)- gmax137
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- Excel Windows
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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I Excel projectile trajectory
Hello! I'm doing some research for a small project that I hope you can help me with. I'm not a math genius, I just have an idea. I have an Excel document of a projectile trajectory with an angle of 8 degrees. (Can be any angle.) Blue projectile trajectory. What I want to do is enter the...- swemek
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- Excel Projectile Trajectory
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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How to do a finite series in Excel in one row?
I totally forgot how to do this (it's been a long while). I'm thinking it was "=sumproduct" feature? Anyway I'm trying to find the sum of cuberoot(exp(sin(arctan(3x^2+2x-3))))) from x=1 to x=1,000,000 in excel. I believe you input ranges for the variable x. I'm not sure. I accidentally deleted...- h1a8
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- Excel
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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I Error bars in Excel (standard deviation, standard error, percentage)
Hello, I was working in excel on data reported in two columns, X data and Y data. I measured both X and Y, i.e. Y was not calculated using a function and the X data. The Y an X data was plotted as Y vs X using a scatterplot. The Excel graph offers the option to add error bars over each point...- fog37
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- Excel Standard deviation
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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Unexpected behavior in Excel when sorting
I'm trying to sort this sheet in Excel. I want to sort it on Column D. I select the entire page by clicking the black arrow in the upper left corner: Now I Data > Sort which brings up a dialogue where I specify the column I want to sort by : (I can already tell there may be a problem -...- DaveC426913
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- Excel Sorting
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Calculate the Demand for ground support services for an airline
I am not sure, If I really understand the Question. This is what I have done so : pax inbound + outbound = total total/trip no inbound 225/110 = 2,04 -> is the first row- Shan9
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- Excel
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Fixing Annoying Word/Excel Windows Problem
This has bugged me for a while, so I finally was trying to figure out how to disable this "feature" today. But Microsoft Help and Google haven't led to any fixes yet. If I have a Word file open and minimize it, and then open another Word file, the first file window also pops back up and ends...- berkeman
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- Excel Windows
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Comp Sci Automatic Market Research Program
I was given an Excel that contains a list of products, my teacher would like us to scrap through the website hktvmall.com to find respective similar products and list out their prices and description. FYI:- Leo_Chau_430
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- Automatic Excel Program Research
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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Python Why Use Python for Web Scraping Instead of Excel?
My code is as follow: import pandas as pd from bs4 import BeautifulSoup import requests import os url = 'https://www.goodschool.hk/ss' response = requests.get(url) html = response.content soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser') school_items = soup.find_all('div', {'class'...- Leo_Chau_430
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- Excel Program Python Web
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Weird barometric formula experiment results in Excel
Hi, as I know the barometric formula is an exponential equation, but when I did the experiment with a barometer at different heights and inserted these results in Excel for curve fitting, it showed a weird thing, I think. So exponential equation did show that R^2=0.942 and the second-degree...- NODARman
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- Excel Experiment Formula Weird
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Microsoft Excel background grid color default reverts
Basically, microsoft excel always has white background cells, and I'd like it to be a different color. Here's what I've tried: I configured the below registry value in my Windows 11 user profile to change the default window color from 255 255 255 (i.e. white) to 192 192 192 (i.e. a not so...- member 428835
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- Color Excel Grid
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Should Excel macros self-adjust when you delete lines above the affected cells?
I just wanted to check to see if this is a known problem, or if my issue is more likely related to something different. I have an Excel spreadsheet that has a number of lines with comments and other information at the top, and then a matrix of cells below that on several rows. I had some Excel...- berkeman
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- Cells Delete Excel Lines
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Open Office Calc (Ersatz Excel) formula
I want a column that displays what standing each team has. (I can't really Google a solution because I don't even know what to call it.) This the idea: - team 1 is "1st", - teams 3 and 10 are "2nd", - team 5 is 3rd, etc.: I can't think of a way of doing it that isn't very complex...- DaveC426913
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- Excel Formula
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Data transfer from MS Excel to PSPP
Homework Statement:: See attached Relevant Equations:: analysis stats Find below a sample of the data that i want to import onto spss; My intention is to have the data appearing as one variable only on PSPP. This is how it appears on PSPP; It defaults as 5 variables, ...i used comma...- chwala
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- Data Excel
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Removing "Foreign" objects from Excel notebook file?
Hi, I'm having trouble dealing a "picture-like" object that I copied from a webpage (.html) file. It is the larger white rectangle in rows 194-195, that reads "United StatesStates" It just doesn't go away when I delet the the row. I tried to scrape the file directly into Excel from the site ...- WWGD
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- Excel File
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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I Compressible choked gas flow through an orifice -- Excel formula
Hello, I normally get these things working but I am a bit stuck as i don't feel I am getting sensible answers... The problem is simple (!): Q: Model the flow through an orifice with an upstream/supply pressure of 301BarA where the downstream pressure is in the range 1BarA to 301BarA. The...- stuartsjg
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- Compressible Excel Flow Formula Gas Gas flow Orifice
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- Forum: Thermodynamics
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Excel Worksheet problems -- Piston and connecting rod connected to a crankshaft
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- connecting rod Crankshaft Electrical engineering Excel Homework and exercise Piston Rod Trigonometery
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Excel Fomula Help - CFM/ft into L/S/M
Hello, I am struggling to create a formula in excel that coverts CFM per linear foot to liters per second per linear meter. Thank you for your valued help.- Puzzled
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- Excel
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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How to disable access to old data with newest version of software?
Here are two examples: 1. Microsoft Excel. If you buy the newest version of Microsoft Office, it is able to open and read all files that were created with the older versions of Microsoft Office. Let's say that I have an older version of Microsoft Excel and I create some files with it. Later...- quoring
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- Data Database Excel Software
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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I want to interpolate two values in Excel
Summary:: Interpolation Hi, I want to interpolate two values in Excel. The first value is in cell "A1" and has the value "0". The second value is in cell "A20" and has the value "1". I now want to interpolate the values in cells "A2" to "A19" in such a way that a linear straight line is...- steven757
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- Excel
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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"Allow editing" absent in sent EXCEL file
I am showing a school pupil (over the Internet) how to use EXCEL. He can work with an EXCEL file that he opens himself (on a free version of Microsoft office). However, when I send him a file (either one I opened on my computer or even one that he sent me and I send back to him), he finds that...- nomadreid
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- Excel File
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Writing: Input Wanted How to model Eccentricity, Obliquity and Recession in Excel
Hi Everyone, I'm writing a sci-fi book that looks at humanity's response to the end of life on Earth and their voyage to a new home. The first part of the book is how a large mass of dark matter in the relative vicinity of Earth (50 light years?) starts the process of extending the...- DnA 9413
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- Eccentricity Excel Model
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- Forum: Sci-Fi Writing and World Building
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Help with Creating An Excel Line Graph
-------------------------------- Hi, just some backstory: My mom and my brother Rob, both loaned me some money in August 2020. They each loaned me $1000.00. I decided to use excel spreadsheet to keep track of my progress paying them both back. Okay so here is the data table I created; as you...- Username600
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- Excel Graph Line
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Engineering Graphing Shear and Moment using singuarity function in Excel
I had found the singuarity function for the shear and moment. I have a hard time calculating the singuarity function and graphing it using excel. Can anyone explain how to calculate singuarity function and graphing it using excel? Many thanks for your help- mingyz0403
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- Excel Function Graphing Moment Shear
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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B Is there a formula to get x in Excel without using solver: 0.5^x+0.2^x+0.25^x=1
0.5^x+0.2^x+0.25^x=1.- The Investor
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- Excel Formula
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- Forum: General Math
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B Exponential formula for Excel sheet
Hello, i am testing batteries for a project of mine. I first measure the voltage on the battery (OCV, Open Circuit Voltage), and then i place a load resistor over the battery. This results in a voltage drop with a exponential decrease in voltage like in the image. But i am working with a...- MrNewton
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- Excel Exponential Formula
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Creating a Graph using MS Excel -- help with a couple problems please
Hi, I want to create a graph from the following data. The data is related to 3 different computers but the fields are same: Please provide me the steps. Garph1 BS CPU Percentage 12 Memory Usage 15773696 sdiskusage total 9.82901E+11 sdiskusage used 1.41429E+11 sdisk usage free 7.91472E+11...- zak100
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- Couple Excel Graph
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Excel Date Formats: Solving Ambiguity Problems
The summary is complete to describe the problem, but to forestall the solution to either (a) leave the Category : "number" and just type what I want, or (b) put the Type as "English(United States)" and type 3/4/2019, I mention why these solutions would create difficulties: a person to whom I...- nomadreid
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- Excel
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Excel: Need to Edit Activate Add-Ins Each time I use Them
Hi All, I am doing a linear regression in Excel 2007. It is not available within the usual settings so I must. Edit: activate , an add-in called (Duh) Edit' Analysis Toolpak' What seems strange is that I have to install it each time I use it so that it seems to be installed only when the...- WWGD
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- Edit Excel Time
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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What engineering and math features is Excel missing?
Hi All Background I'm nearing the end of development of an Excel add-in (commercial) which adds new engineering and math features to Excel. I'd like to have a discussion with people that use Excel on a daily basis to ensure that the product adds true value and meets their needs and desires by...- gareth-hayter
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- Engineering Excel
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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MHB Excel Question (asking for a friend)
Hello All! (Wave) A friend on another site reached out to me with a question regarding using Excel. I told him I know nothing about it, but that I could probably find someone who does. Here is his question: Thanks for any help! :D- MarkFL
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- Excel
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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What Causes #HREF! Errors in Excel 2007?
Hi all, I am having #HREF! issues in Excel 2007 when copying formula-based data from one sheet to another. The suggested solutions online are not working. I understand what the issue is: when copying from one sheet to another, Excel is trying to use data from the previous sheet, sheet_j...- WWGD
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- Excel Issues
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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I What is the proper format for solving this ODE using an Excel add-in calculator?
I am attempting to solve an ODE using a Calculus add-in for Excel. I am an industry professional and I have not even thought about Differential Equations in 8 years. The equation that I am attempting to solve is in the form: (1) The ODE solver that I am using solves equations of the form...- jknight291
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- Calculus Excel Ode
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- Forum: Differential Equations
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Why is Excel telling me the GCD of 1.13*100 and 100 is 4?
In Microsoft Excel, if I type in the formula =GCD(113,100) then it gives me the correct answer of 1. However, if I type in =GCD(1.13*100,100), which means the same thing, it tells me 4. What's going on and how can I fix it? Thanks- SamRoss
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- Excel Gcd
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Extracting data from a spectrometer to Excel
Good morning, I used the Laser beam with HR4000 spectrometer with Ocean View software when saving the files it is saved by (.ocv) format. when trying to extract information to excel I get some unreadable data like (bkg thin sheet gel.png) attached. I used the same instrument and software with...- Hayool
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- Analysis Data Excel Laser beam Physics Spectrometer
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Java .xlsx Excel files in Java: Sheet & Workbook error
Hi, I am trying to access Excel Sheet .xlsx files in Java. I have tried various options available from internet. My program is using following jar files: poi-ooxml-3.5-beta4.jar, openxml4j-1.0-beta.jar I have done following imports: import java.io.*; import java.io.File; //import...- zak100
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- Error Excel files Java
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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B Maximize Happiness: Find Values of Expenses for Maximum Present Value
Hi all. I was bored so I created the following spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JkJFoNsLOeHPXjhF2ei9iMjSFwupyYWjfOgzbbK-EBM/edit#gid=911477072 I'm currently having some trouble with this. I want to find the values of expenditures for each year such that the happiness present...- beamthegreat
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- excel
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- Forum: General Math
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MHB How to use the RATE function in Excel ?
Hello :) I was given this task: A quarterly deposit is €700 in 4.5 years, and the accumulated value is €13,600. What is the value of annual interest rate? And I would apply this formula: S = [((1+i)n - 1) / i] ∙ R €13,600 = [((1+i)18 - 1) / i] ∙ €700 To find out the annual interest rate...- indigo2
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- Excel Function Rate
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- Forum: General Math
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Plotting the waveforms of the harmonic components
Homework Statement Hello everyone, I am currently experiencing a problem plotting harmonics in Excel. I'm only able to plot the fundamental wave properly, I can't figure out how to plot the 3rd and 5th harmonic as they have a different frequency. Can you point me in the right direction...- kibara
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- Components Excel Harmonic Plotting Waveforms
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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"Lost" Content in Excel Spreadsheet
Hi All, I somehow cannot see the content of an Excel data file; please see bottom of document listing average of 34133, count of 11199, etc. Yet the data is for some reason I can't figure out, not visible/available. This Excel 2010. EDIT: The saved file has 329KB of data. But only that which...- WWGD
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- Excel Lost
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Excel Graph Help: Plotting Experimental Data with Theoretical Model in One Graph
I have a set of n point (x, y) of experimental data and a function y=f(x) which is the theoretical model. I want to plot them in the same graph and see the difference. My problem is that f(x) has to be a continuous line while my n point has be just dots. I need to get something like this: I...- dRic2
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- Excel Graph
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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Plot compound parabolic concentrator in Excel
I have the winston equations for the cpc but i am having problems getting the exact shape of a symmetric compound parabolic concentrator in excel Help me with the corrections in terms of the width 2a =10 and half acceptance angle of 30 dg please- Josh chips
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- Excel Plot
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- Forum: General Math
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Python Interesting article how to use Pandas with Excel sheets
I came across this article about using Pandas in Python to read in a multi-tab spreadsheet to Python, and work with the data then write back to an Excel spreadsheet...- scottdave
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- article Data analysis Excel Interesting Python
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Kinetic Energy Equations in MS Excel
Homework Statement I am having trouble with Microsoft Excel formulas to obtain the correct data for Kinetic Energy 2 initial, KE1 final, KE2f, KEi, KEf, total KE and total KE% Homework Equations Microsoft office uses equations such as =(A2+B2) and I need to determine what is the appropriate...- Makali
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- Energy Excel Kinetic Kinetic energy
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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LaTeX How Do I Insert an Excel Graph into LaTeX?
Let me preface this by saying I am reasonably intelligent overall, but I'm a complete idiot when it comes to computers and technology. I've been trying for hours to put a graph onto LaTeX for a physics labs, but I'm getting nowhere and very frustrated. I've tried to follow guides online, but...- Blue Kangaroo
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- Excel Graph Latex
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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Two parallel opposed Co-60 Gamma Ray beams in Excel
Hi everyone, I have this question about POP. Assume a patient separation of 20cm. Using data for 6MV , FS 10x10 cm, plot the depth dose for one beam at 2 cm intervals. Include on your plot the dose at dmax and the dose at 20-dmax. On the same graph repeat this for the opposed beam. Now plot the...- Hayool
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- Beams Excel Gamma Gamma ray Parallel Ray
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Ratio of Fields from Different Sheets in Excel Pivot
Hi All, I want to compute the ratio of two fields A,B from different sheets ( same workbook) , using Pivot ( tho "straight" Excel will do*). I tried using the Wizard, but , in the end, could not find a way of doing it: Any ideas, please? *I scewed big when trying this.- WWGD
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- Excel Fields Pivot Ratio
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Equivalent to Joining tables (SQL) in Excel?
Hi All, Sorry if this seems pretty lost. I want to compute an expression of the type A/B with data given in different sheets, i.e., A is given in sheet i and b is given in sheet j. Now, I know that in SQL Server ( SQL in general), one can join tables. Is there a similar way of getting data...- WWGD
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- Equivalent Excel Sql
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Rapid data retrieval from Excel (or similar)
I have a spreadsheet with quite a bit of information. This spreadsheet is designed to encode words and create a encrypted message. Unfortunately, the process of coding and decoding is long and tedious. I am looking for a way to make this process quick (depending upon message length) and easy...- Steven Ellet
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- Data Excel
- Replies: 20
- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Graphing Data in Excel: Error Bar Confusion
I'm currently writing a paper over an experiment I did for class and I have a very stupid question over I need clarification on before I continue. I am using excel to graph out data, and I have determined that the error in my Length is .001 m. However, I am graphing the inverse of length to...- Hi Im Paul
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- Confusion Data Error Error analysis Error propagation Excel Graphing Physics
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX