Re: Simple question from a biologist
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- Subject: [mg67152] Re: Simple question from a biologist
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:16:59 -0400 (EDT)
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tnad wrote:
> I'm a bit new to this so please bear with me. I solved this eqation:
>
> Sol = Solve[{{{-x, 0, z}, {x, -y, 0}, {0, y, -z}}.{A, B, C} == 0, A + B + C == 1}, {A, B, C}]
>
> and got the ouputs of A, B and C interms of x,y, and z each.
>
> Now I want to express a term called "rate" where rate = Ax = By = Cz in terms of x, y and Z only.
>
> So I tried to do this:
> Solve[rate == Ax , rate] /. Sol
>
> but I cannot get the rate in terms of x,y and z.
"Ax" is a new symbol. If you mean A times x, put a space between A and x.
Solve[rate==A x,rate]/.Sol
works fine.
Solve is unecessary, however, since all you are doing is evaluating an
expression.
Why not simply:
A x/.Sol
or better yet:
rate = A x /. Sol[[1]]
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Helen Read
University of Vermont