Solve gives odd answers

Asked Jul 26 '22 at 16:21

Active Jul 26 '22 at 16:38

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I am running this, and it should give me a number t with preferably many decimals, but the output is odd:

Solve[8/(t + 2)^2 + 2/(t + 1)^2 == 1, t, Reals]

Thank you

edited Jul 26 '22 at 16:38

asked Jul 26 '22 at 16:21

district9

At first read documentation about Solve. It's normal output. – Mariusz Iwaniuk Jul 26 '22 at 16:26
And use Solve[8/(t+2)^2+2/(t+1)^2==1,t,Reals]//N[#,100]& to see many decimals. – user293787 Jul 26 '22 at 16:28
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I would suggest looking at the linked question to understand what Solve[] is producing. If things remain unclear, edit your question to elaborate and we can reopen. – J. M.'s missing motivation Jul 26 '22 at 16:38
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Solve[8/(t + 2)^2 + 2/(t + 1)^2 == 1, t, Reals] // ToRadicals gives explicit formulas for these quartic roots. – Roman Jul 26 '22 at 16:58

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