Solving Equations with Wolfram|Alpha

I noticed that it can show steps. I was thrilled when I typed in 1/(1-x^2) as it not only split it into partial fractions, but it revealed in the relationship that the above has with tanh^-1(x) upon integration.

This makes it an even better reference and educational resource, but I was wondering if there was any software available for Mathematica to enable similar functionality.

The solutions to fourth degree polynomial equations can always be expressed in terms of radicals. The solutions to the quartic in the given example all were less than 6 in absolute value. “Of course, some solutions are too large or cannot be represented in terms of radicals”?!

Perhaps Wolfram|Alpha does not want to display the exact solutions because they are messy, but those solutions can be expressed in terms of radicals and are not large.

It is sad that wolfram doesn’t have a Polish translation.
Unfortunately, someone bought the pl domain.

I used wolfram alpha to teach my student about solving equations,I put some examples in my blog, htttp://abdulkarim.wordpress.com

Still has a long way to go. I wanted to solve (1 + 1.6*10^-19*x/(1.38*10^-23 * 300))*exp(1.6*10^-19*x/(1.38*10^-23 * 300)) = 35.68/30*10^-9 and it returned x = 0.025875 W_n((3568000000 e)/3)-0.025875 and n element Z, as the result. Strange. I did same thing with Matlab fsolve and got 0.464 which is the solution I was looking for. Alpha still has a long way to go. I didn’t think I would still need MATLAB for little things like this…..

I cannot get Wolfram|alpha to solve a system (linear or otherwise) larger than 3 by 3. Has anyone been able to do this? Yes, I have read all of the tutorials and I am familiar with the RREF command, but I’d just like to enter in the equations and see the solution. Imagine telling someone to get the solution to a 5 by 5 system, but having to teach them basic matrix operations first. That’s kind of annoying.

All the previous notwithstanding, I very much like Wolfram|alpha and will continue to use it in the future. I just wish solving a “larger” system was easily done.

Can Wolfram solve linear inequalities?

can wolfram alpha solve radicals?

can wolfram alpha solve radicals like finding the 5th root of -32?

Can I solve a trig equation for restricted values of theta

eg solve tan(th +pi/4) = 1 – 2tan(th) for theta from 0 to pi/2

and can I do that in degrees?

Hello, I was wondering if Wolfram can solve system problems, such as:

4x + 5y – z = -38
3x – 4y = -3
4x + 3y = -29

Thanks!

Hi I’m trying to use wolfram a large system of equations entirely symbolically. Wolfram can’t seem to handle the equations. The following is what I entered, an example of only the first two equations:
Paf= (Taf/Ta1)^Cp/R, Paf= Pa1*Va1*Taf/(Ta1*(Va1+Vb1-Vbf))

Would you, please, teach us how to get answers assuming all functions in equations are over real numbers? The point is that W|A practically always knows on complex numbers. That is correct, of course.

However many elementary problems are restricted to a field of real numbers (for those who do not know “i”).

So, tryng to solve equations with radical one gets solutions where some terms of eq. become complex. The similar story is with trigonometry. Very often one gets answers like sin^(-1) 4 etc. That is fine for advanced in math people, but can be treated as a “mistake” in an elementary school…

The commands like Reduce[…, Real] doesn’t provide that restriction.

hi there
i have a problem and i want to solve a set of equations altogether but i can’t.
i appreciate if yo can help me.
thank you
we have 12 equations and 12 unknowns.
here is the equations:

f1 = y_CO + y_CO2 + y_H2O + y_O2 + y_NO + y_H2 + y_N2 == 1
f2 = 1.641*10^-006*T^2 – 0.09051*T – 111.1 + R*T*Log[y_CO] +
lambda_C + lambda_O == 0
f3 = 8.221*10^-022*T^6 – 1.865*10^-017*T^5 + 1.676*10^-013*T^4 –
7.443*10^-010*T^3 + 2.381*10^-006*T^2 – 0.004387*T – 393.3 +
R*T*Log[y_CO2] + lambda_C + 2*lambda_O == 0
f4 = 8.058*10^-014*T^4 – 1.165*10^-009*T^3 + 6.132*10^-006*T^2 +
0.04503*T – 242.4 + R*T*Log[y_H2O] + lambda_O + 2*lambda_H == 0
f5 = R*T*Log[y_N2] + 2*lambda_N == 0
f6 = R*T*Log[y_H2] + 2*lambda_H == 0
f7 = R*T*Log[y_O2] + 2*lambda_O == 0
f8 = -0.01236*T + 89.93 + R*T*Log[y_NO] + lambda_N + lambda_O == 0
f9 = y_CO2 + y_CO – 3/sigma_n == 0
f10 = 2 y_CO2 + y_CO + y_H2O + y_NO + 2 y_O2 – 10/sigma_n == 0
f11 = 2 y_N2 + y_NO – 37.62/sigma_n == 0
f12 = 2 y_H2O + 2 y_H2 – 8/sigma_n == 0

and unknowns are y_CO, y_CO2, y_H2, y_H2O, y_N2, y_NO, y_O2, lambda_C, lambda_O, lambda_H, lambda_N, sigma_n

i am waiting for the answer
tnx again

hello i’m interested if wolfram can solve this !

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if anyone has an answer i will be veryyyyy thankful…..

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I am able to use alpha to find the particular solution to a differential equation with initial condition like:

{f”(x) = 1, f'(0) = 0, f(0) = 1, x = 1}, i.e. f(1) = 3/2

but not for:

{f””(x)=1, f”(0)=0, f(0)=0,f”(2)=0, f(2)=0, x=1}, i.e. f(1)=5/24

Alpha produces the solution, i.e. f(x) = 1/24 x (x^3-4 x^2+8), but does not substitute x=1 like before

Is alpha able to produce the particular solution for this equation in one go? Or, alternatively, can I use the outcome of one query to feed the next? Thanks!

Can this solve of system of equations… like this where I have m equations, n variables and a few values that are known? situations that can be done on paper?

2x+ 3y+ Z=10
xy+sin(z)=5
y=2

hello,how can I solve these equations with mathematica?
3x+6y^2+z=30
5x+8y^2+z=37
7x+9y^2+z=28

Can WolframAlpha transpose an equation to make a certain variable the subject?
I have this equation >>> x=y*((1+B)/B)*(1-((D/d)^(2*B))) <<<
I need to solve for B… Any help?

A comment related to the above quote: “In the near future, it will be possible to see step-by-step solutions for systems of linear equations.” As of today June 23, 2013 you still can not see the step by step solution of it solving a system of linear equations. Or if this exists please inform me how to do it.

can WolframAlpha convert an equation containing square roots into a polynomial one with the same solutions, e.g. sqrt((x+a+1)^2+(y+b)^2)+sqrt(1-(x-a))^2+(y-b)^2) = c?
That can be done by hand by repeated squaring; can WolframAlpha do it for me?

thanks!

Hi, we tried to solve this equation for r which worked fine: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=solve+0+%3D+r^3+%2B+O%2F%28-2*pi%29*r+%2B+V%2Fpi+for+r&dataset=&equal=Submit

However, when we copied the data* (via copyable plaintext) and submitted it again to wolframalpha, the error was thrown: “Standard computation time exceeded…”

Can wolframalpha solve this? Actually we just need to give V and O a value and see what the results are…

* r = O/(6^(1/3) (sqrt(6) pi^(3/2) sqrt(54 pi V^2-O^3)-18 pi^2 V)^(1/3))+(sqrt(6) pi^(3/2) sqrt(54 pi V^2-O^3)-18 pi^2 V)^(1/3)/(6^(2/3) pi)

Boa tarde. Estou a desenvolver uma dissertação em Matemática, onde faço uso do software Mathematica 9.0. Uso a função NSolve do seguinte modo:

NSolve[ polinomio == 0 && alpha < x < beta, x];

Precisava de saber quais os algoritmos usados pela função neste caso, e se possível a sua ordem de complexidade.

Good afternoon. Sorry, had Chrome to translate to my language, and I thought the site was Portuguese. I’m developing a dissertation in mathematics, where I use Mathematica 9.0 software. Use according to nSolve as follows:
NSolve [polynomial == 0 && alpha <x <beta, x];
Needed to know what the algorithms used by the function in this case, and if possible their order of complexity.

Can Wolfram Alpha put Linear Inequalities into Interval Notation? Eg: [-4,0)
I have been unable to find or get an answer to this question.

Can Wolfram Alpha properly solve matrix equations like X^2=I2? It currently gives me no roots at all, though there are at least two (namely, +- I2) plus some where the secondary diagonal is nonzero.

I’m trying to solve the extrema for the York Time (theta) generated by the equation
theta = 299792458.1t([(3.79723*^8 t^2 (-20 Sech[20 (-0.01 + x)]^2 + 20 Sech[20 (0.01 + x)]^2))/Sqrt[(-1.4989622905 10^8 t^2 + x)^2 + y^2 + z^2])
along the x-axis, (theta(x,y,z,t), z=0, x=?) , and I have been trying every possible series of commands I can think of, but still I cannot get WolframAlpha to solve it. If someone could possibly solve for x, and email me the solution at admlalo2@gmail.com, I will be extremely grateful, as i personally am not sure how to solve it by hand.

Hi,

I’m trying to quartic, cubic and quadratic from a set of about 15 ordered pairs. How should I notate this?