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Different cases in Solve

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• Subject: [mg89575] Different cases in Solve
• From: Aaron Fude <aaronfude at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:11:24 -0400 (EDT)

Hi,

When one does Solve[a x == b, x], one gets {{x -> b/a}}. How does one
get Mathematica to give you different solutions depending on cases: b/
a if a nonzero, any number if a==b==0, and no solutions if a=0 and b
is nonzero?

Many thanks in advance!

Aaron

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