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climberguy12
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climberguy12 asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

solve for y: a*ln(y)+y+b*x+c=0?

is it possible? if so, how?

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  • Stephen P
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    1 decade ago
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    No, not with any simple function. Lambert's W function is used for this sort of thing, but it's not terribly helpful; practically you would just have to solve it numerically given particular values of a,b,c.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_W_function
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