#2 Given a = 3, b = -1 and c = -2,  find the value of: 

> restart;
 

> a := 3; 1; b := -1; 1; c := -2
 

 

 

Typesetting:-mprintslash([a := 3], [3])
Typesetting:-mprintslash([b := -1], [-1])
Typesetting:-mprintslash([c := -2], [-2]) (2.2.1)
 

> `+`(10, `-`(`*`(4, `*`(b))), `-`(`*`(8, `*`(`^`(a, c)))), `*`(16, `*`(`^`(`+`(`-`(`*`(a, `*`(c))), 4), b))));
 

`/`(662, 45) (2.2.2)
 

> evalf[5](`/`(662, 45));
 

14.711 (2.2.3)
 

 

 

> `/`(`*`(a, `*`(c)), `*`(`+`(b, c), `*`(`+`(1, `/`(`*`(`+`(b, c)), `*`(`+`(b, a)))), `*`(`+`(b, a), `*`(`+`(1, `/`(`*`(`+`(a, c)), `*`(`+`(b, c)))))))));
 

-3 (2.2.4)
 

 

 

> `^`(`+`(`^`(a, `*`(b, `*`(c))), `^`(b, `*`(c, `*`(a))), `^`(c, `*`(a, `*`(b)))), `/`(1, `*`(a, `*`(b, `*`(c)))));
 

`+`(`*`(`/`(1, 8), `*`(`^`(79, `/`(1, 6)), `*`(`^`(8, `/`(5, 6)))))) (2.2.5)
 

> simplify(`+`(`*`(`/`(1, 8), `*`(`^`(79, `/`(1, 6)), `*`(`^`(8, `/`(5, 6)))))), 'symbolic');
 

`+`(`*`(`/`(1, 2), `*`(`^`(79, `/`(1, 6)), `*`(`^`(2, `/`(1, 2)))))) (2.2.6)
 

> evalf[5](`+`(`*`(`/`(1, 2), `*`(`^`(79, `/`(1, 6)), `*`(`^`(2, `/`(1, 2)))))));
 

1.4647 (2.2.7)
 

 

 

> `^`(`+`(`-`(`/`(`*`(`/`(7, 2), `*`(`^`(a, 2), `*`(b, `*`(`^`(c, 0))))), `*`(`^`(a, 0), `*`(`^`(c, 7)))))), -2);
 

`/`(65536, 3969) (2.2.8)
 

> evalf[5](`/`(65536, 3969));
 

16.512 (2.2.9)