Re: How to Eliminate
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- Subject: [mg75229] Re: How to Eliminate
- From: "Dana DeLouis" <dana.del at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:08:43 -0400 (EDT)
> like to know how to eliminate x ->.
Hi. Here's just another of many options:
Solve[(x - 0.1)*(x - 0.5) == 0, x][[All,1,2]]
{0.1, 0.5}
As a function:
ValuesOnly[v_List] := v[[All,1,2]]
Solve[(x - 0.1)*(x - 0.5) == 0, x] // ValuesOnly
{0.1, 0.5}
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HTH :>)
Dana DeLouis
Windows XP & Mathematica 5.2
<JikaiRF at aol.com> wrote in message news:evsr25$14h$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Dear Members:
> When I use "Solve" in order to solve polynomials with high orders, its
> solutions are usually reterned in terms of a pair of nested braces,
> like {{x -> 0.1}, {x -> 0.5}}. In this situation, I would like to
> obtain a pair of braces such as {0.1, 0.5}. In other words, I would
> like to know how to eliminate x ->.
> How can I obtain my result?
>
> Sincerely
> F. Takata.