Chapter 6

Solution to equations

Associated with the

key there are two menus of equation-solving

functions, the Symbolic SOLVer (

), and the NUMerical SoLVer

(

). Following, we present some of the functions contained in these

menus.

 

 

 

flag‚Ï117 set to CHOOSE7boxes,„Îthe following menu lists„Îwill be available:

Symbolic solution of algebraic equations

Here we describe some of the functions from the Symbolic Solver menu.

Activate the menu by using the keystroke combination . With system

Functions ISOL and SOLVE can be used to solve for any unknown in a polynomial equation. Function SOLVEVX solves a polynomial equation where the unknown is the default CAS variable VX (typically set to ‘X’). Finally, function ZEROS provides the zeros, or roots, of a polynomial.

Function ISOL

Function ISOL(Equation, variable) will produce the solution(s) to Equation by isolating variable. For example, with the calculator set to ALG mode, to solve for t in the equation at3-bt = 0 we can use the following:

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