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Now, solve to find the root.

Keys:Display:

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X_ 



X   

Checksum and length.

Cancels Equation mode.

Description:

Your initial guesses for the root.

Selects Equation mode; displays the equation.

No root found for f(x).

When SOLVE Cannot Find a Root

Sometimes SOLVE fails to find a root. The following conditions cause the message   :

The search terminates near a local minimum or maximum (see figure a, below).

The search halts because SOLVE is working on a horizontal asymptote—an area where f(x) is essentially constant for a wide range of x (see figure b, below).

The search is concentrated in a local "flat" region of the function (see figure c, below).

In these cases, the values in the stack will be same as the values before executing

SOLVE.

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