How do I insert a function graph like f(x)= ... into an office document?

coolVariable

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How do I insert the graph of a function into an office document?
The function I want to insert is:
f(x)=-1.8(0.37x-1)
for 100 <= x <= 250


Please HELP me!
 

Matthias99

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Go to wherever you choose to "Insert" various items, and choose a "Microsoft Graph Object" (or something along those lines; it varies a bit depending on which version of Office you have). You can draw all sorts of graphs, etc. in there, and do graphs from spreadsheets, etc.
 

coolVariable

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But I don't want to do it from a spreadsheet!!!
I want the graph to be drawn from a function
f(x)=x+1 fro example.
Office doesn't give you that option!
 

Matthias99

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Just plot some of the points and have it draw an appropriate best-fit line to connect them (linear, in that simple case). If you want to get really hardcore, you need something like MATLAB or Maple -- you can render graphs from them to images, and embed them in documents. Excel also might have some basic functionality like this, but I haven't tried.