Re: transposing an equation
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- Subject: [mg26252] Re: [mg26234] transposing an equation
- From: Maarten.vanderBurgt at icos.be
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 00:19:29 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Christopher,
try
In[5]:= Solve[y == a x + b x^2 + c, x]
Out[5]= {{x -> (-a + Sqrt[a^2 - 4*b*c + 4*b*y])/(2*b)},
{x -> -((a + Sqrt[a^2 - 4*b*c + 4*b*y])/(2*b))}}
And you will see there is no general way to re-write y = a x^2 + b x + c as
x = Ay^2 + By + C. Except for some special cases there will be a Sqrt[y] in
the solution.
Maarten van der Burgt
Leuven, Belgium
"Christopher Deacon" <cdeacon at physics.mun.ca> on 06-12-2000 08:16:20 AM
Subject: [mg26252] [mg26234] transposing an equation
Suppose y=a x^2+b x +c.
How can I get Mathematica to solve for x (i.e., x=Ay^2+By+C) and give me
the
values for the constants A,B,C?
Chris
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