Re: ti-85 solver problem
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Re: ti-85 solver problem
In article <6f064m$9fd$1@news.ncal.verio.com>,
wnc@idontwantnospam.wco.com says...
>
>Hi, i've had the ti-85 for quite a long time, and recently i ran into
a
>solver problem. using the built in solver (the interactive one, not
the
>command line Solver()) I entered 1/x=0.25, and it cannot find the
>solution, i reset the calc, same thing, i put it in (1/x)=0.25, i did
>x^-1=0.25, but it doesn't work. If i use the command line of
>Solver(1/x=0.25,x,9) it makes x=4 correctly. I have ROM ver 9, i tried
on
>a calc with ver 10 with no programs or anything same deal, even
limiting
>the range didn't seem to help much. the command line solver finds it
very
>quickly. Does anyone have a solution for this? (or a workaround)
>
>any info appreciated
>
>wnc@wco.com
>
>--
For some reason this seems to work ... introduce another variable.
Try (in interactive solver) z=x^-1-.25 then press enter and set z-0,
highlite x and press solve
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