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Re: Some Easy (hopefully) Questions

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  • Subject: [mg2039] Re: Some Easy (hopefully) Questions
  • From: Felix Holderied <felix at ira.uka.de>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 01:41:52 -0400
  • Organization: IRF Uni-Karlsruhe

Rob Carscadden wrote:

> possmax = Solve[(x - 1)^2 == 0,x] // N
>
> I get {{x -> 1.},{x ->1.}}
>
> possmax[[1]]
>
> I get {x ->1.} 
>
> but I want the number 1 instead.

Try
     x /.possmax[[1]]


Why?

In[1]:= ?/.

     expr /. rules applies a rule or list of rules in an attempt
       to transform each subpart of an expression expr.

Greetings, Felix

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