Formula issue in LibreOffice Calc

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Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58546 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   -
Hello,
I have a physics lab tomorrow, and I wanted to prepare all the formulas in LibreOffice Calc and just enter the parameters when I have the measurements to get my values right away. The problem is that the final formula gave me error: 508. My table looks like this:

The formula is as follows: =(((((A2)²)*SIN(E4)*COS(E4))+(SQRT((((A2)⁴)*((SIN(E4))²)*((COS(E4))²))+(2*9.81*F4*((A2)²)*((COS(E4))²)))))/9.81)
And it starts from this:


I know that error 508 is supposed to mean an imbalance of parentheses, but I've checked everything, and nothing... Does anyone see another problem?

Thank you very much!

Configuration: Linux / Firefox 60.0

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Pierr10 Posted messages 13775 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   5 808
 
Good evening,

I think there is an error in the writing of the powers:

it should be written as A2^2 and not A2²

Similarly: A2^4 for the power of 4

Advice:
1) you are putting unnecessary parentheses for the powers
2) the formula for calculating d is complex. I would break it down into several parts corresponding to each of the monomials to reduce the risk of error.
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