I was trying to find the values of two unknown variables using two equations.When I simplified both the equations, both of them were the same. What should be the value of the variables in such a case?
Having problem in finding values of variables
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1Usually this means that there are multiple solutions. You can select the value of one variable arbitrarily and then solve for the other. But there are exceptions to this, depending on the precise shapes of your equations. Please show them! – 2011-10-08
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1Indeed, we can be more helpful if you show what you *actually* have... – 2011-10-08
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0@HenningMakholm: They were some algebraic equations.. – 2011-10-22
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0But secret, apparently. You cannot expect any useful help for people you refuse to show the problem to. If it's a matter of national security, doesn't your agency have an internal department for solving classified equations? – 2011-10-22
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In many cases, you can choose one variable as free parameter and then calculate the value of the other variable using that parameter which gives infinitely many solutions.
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0This would give rise to multiple solutions.. – 2011-10-14
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0Yes, this is to be expected to happen often when you have actually just one equation for two variables. – 2011-10-14