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Re: Solving equation and applying solution(s) expression.

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  • Subject: [mg84556] Re: Solving equation and applying solution(s) expression.
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:29:49 -0500 (EST)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

eqn = 3 x^2 - 2 x + 8 == 0;

expr = 3 x/(x^3 + 2);

soln = Solve[eqn, x]

{{x -> (1/3)*(1 - I*Sqrt[23])}, 
   {x -> (1/3)*(1 + I*Sqrt[23])}}

Verifying that soln satifies eqn

eqn /. soln

{True,True}

Substituting soln into expr

FullSimplify[expr /. soln]

{(-(1/58))*I*(-79*I + Sqrt[23]), 
   (1/58)*I*(79*I + Sqrt[23])}

% // N

{-1.3620689655172413 - 
     0.08268675040194343*I, 
   -1.3620689655172413 + 
     0.08268675040194343*I}


Bob Hanlon

---- KP <MathematicaUser at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hi Everybody. I am a new subscriber to this group and looking forward
> to learning from folks who use Mathematica. I have a question and some
> help will be appreciated.....
> 
> I want to solve an equation and then apply the solution(s) of the
> equation to an expression. For example, I want to solve  3 x^2 - 2 x +
> 8 =0. Then I want to apply the solutions to the expression  3 x / (x^3
> +2).
> 
> The equation and the expression above are examples I used to
> illustrate my question. Please use the equation and the expression to
> help me out. Thank you and happy new year!
> 
> --KP
> 



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