Re: Solving with trig functions


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Re: Solving with trig functions



In article <328FDE8B.6DF4@iquest.net>, dhoover@iquest.net wrote:


> Whenever I type something like solve(sin(x)=1/2,x), I get a wierd answer
> like x=30*(12*@n54+5) or x=30*(12*@n54+1).  What does this mean? I've
> looked all over the manual, but I couldn't find anything. What is this
> @n54?  How is it used, and what do I do with it?


@nX where X is an integer is a constant. It's used because there are an
infinite number of solutions; x=30*(12+5) x=30*(24+5) x=30*(-48+5) and so
on and so on and so on...


Andy


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