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29 Jul 2024 22:34:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: looking for symbolic solution  
From: Mark Wagner
Date: 23 Nov 2000 02:56:02
Message: <3a1ccd92@news.povray.org>
Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba wrote in message <3a1aade3$1@news.povray.org>...
>Is there any person who can solve this for x ?
>
>(A*x-B)(cosx-sinx)=C
>
>This is simplest form of my equation
>resolved by hand. MathCAD can't help me.


Try graphing it and looking at the graph of the equation to find the zeros.
I'm fairly sure that the function cannot be solved for x, so if you need the
solution for x rather than the zeros, you're out of luck.

--

Mark
"The derivative of sin(2x) is cos(2x)"  - Matt Giwer


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