Graphing Shear and Moment using singuarity function in Excel

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By Using singuarity function and Excel, plot shear and moment diagrams of the beam.
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Shear and moment singuarity function
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?

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This is what I have done so far. Everything seems correct When X<6. When X>6, the calculation is wrong.The Shear force should be 30 kips. However, in Excel it was 48 kips.Could anyone tell what is wrong with my equation?

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