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Entering or creating a function in Maple is a basic skill to learn early on.  When first starting to learn Maple, users often struggle with using the correct syntax.  Note that Maple is a programming language and there is a need to write commands in the correct format (syntax).  In math, we would write  f(x) = 3x + 5  to describe a particular function that is a line with slope of 3 and y-intercept of 5.  In math, we would then write f(0) to evaluate the function f when x = 0.

Here is an example on entering a function.

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