variables

[Mcdwog]

Having trouble with an equation, it should be 8000/(4540*pi*1)=r^2.  r^2= should equal 0.74893155. but it does not, I could not do "=r^2" or "=x^2" as the variable is undefined, please help!

[#2]

@Mcdwog 

Not sure what exactly you'd try to find.

=8000/(4540*PI()*1) returns 0.560898 which is 0.748932^2

[#3]

@Mcdwog 

Enter =8000/(4540*PI()) into A1.  The value appears to be 0.5608984778569, when formatted as Number with 15 decimal places.

Enter =SQRT(A1) into A2.  The value appears to be 0.748931557525052.  If you want that truncated to 8 decimal places, write =TRUNC(SQRT(A1) xxx) .

(ERRATA.... This forum's applet is having trouble posting what I typed!  I am trying to find a work-around. Replace "xxx" with ", 8" -- comma 8.)

Although we can name cells, we cannot use names that look like cell or column identifiers, for example "r" and "x".  And we cannot use symbols in names, for example "r^2" and "x^2".

We can simply __think__ of A1 as r^2 and A2 as "r".  Alternatively, make up names that make sense to you; but again, they must be unambiguous.