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Solving non linear equation for x
x^2 ln(0.4956/x) = (1-x)^2 ln(0.47198/(1-x)
Can somebody solve this equation for me?
I'm finding little difficulty in this
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Alan Weiss
on 10 Dec 2018
Edited: Alan Weiss
on 10 Dec 2018
eqn = @(x) x.^2 .* log(0.4956./x) - (1-x).^2 .* log(0.47198./(1-x));
t = linspace(0.01,0.99);
plot(t,eqn(t)) % Shows a single real root in this interval
x = fzero(eqn,[0.01 0.99])
x =
0.5115
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Alan Weiss
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madhan ravi
on 10 Dec 2018
Edited: madhan ravi
on 10 Dec 2018
syms x
x=vpasolve((x.^2.*log(0.4956./x) == (1-x).^2.*log(0.47198./(1-x))))
Gives:
x =
0.52091005935042057378274263984089 - 1.0079858568869724875750086505265i
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Star Strider
on 10 Dec 2018
Using the Optimization Toolbox fsolve function:
eqn = @(x) x.^2 .* log(0.4956./x) - (1-x).^2 .* log(0.47198./(1-x));
xval = fsolve(eqn, 10)
produces:
xval =
0.51145093065171 + 9.06147769514677e-09i
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