Re: why is this happening?
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- Subject: [mg99243] Re: why is this happening?
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:26:29 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi, the second equation is NOT a scaled form of the first one, but a different. Perhaps you mean: ld + k2 + ld^2/k1 == 0 Daniel sean_incali at yahoo.com wrote: > Consider the following. > > Solve[k1 ld + k1 k2 + ld^2 == 0, ld] > > vs > > Solve[k2/k1 + ld^2 + ld == 0, ld] > > > I expected to get the output I got from the first code. > >>From the second code, I was expecting something along the lines of > > ld ->-1 + (SquareRoot[1 - 4 (k2/k21)])/2 > ld -> -1 - (SquareRoot[1 - 4 (k2/k21)])/2 > > since that is the answer. > > Why is Mathematica turning the second scaled equation into the > unscaled one in the first before solving it? > > Thanks for any insight. > > Sean > >