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Solving a Simultaneous Equation

Posted 10 years ago

I used Solve for the simultaneous equations below, but it turns out "This system cannot be solved with the methods available to Solve". Please help.

Solve[{k^2/2*(\[Theta] - sin[\[Theta]]) == 10,  k^2/2*(1 - cos[\[Theta]]) == 2}, {k, \[Theta]}]

Thanks.

POSTED BY: Quang Tran

Solve for r instead of k^2

Clear[r, x]
Solve[{r/2 (x - Sin[x]) == 10, r/2 (1 - Cos[x]) == 2}, {r, x}, Reals] // N
 {{r -> 3.57932, x -> 4.59459}, {r -> 2.66039, x -> 8.38167}, {r -> 2.02561, x -> 9.65013}}

Now take the square root of each r to get k. Mathematica having hard time with the k^2 being there, even for positive k (notice, you write sin and cos. In Mathematica, these should be Sin and Cos

POSTED BY: Nasser M. Abbasi
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