Need to solve this

Hi guys I need away to solve these 3 equations and get the value of a b and c
a+b = 204
a+b*exp(-105*c) = 192.6
a+b*exp(-180*c) = 177.6
I have tried to use vpasolve but it gives wrong answer. What other way to use?

Answers (2)

Stephan
Stephan on 1 Jun 2019
I assume you want real Solutions. Then try:
syms a b c
assume ([a b c], 'real')
eq = [a+b == 204;...
a+b*exp(-105*c) == 192.6;...
a+b*exp(-180*c) == 177.6];
[a, b, c] = vpasolve(eq,[a b c])
Best regards
Stephan

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It gives wrong output it just make a=204 and b=0 and solve for c but when you substitute the result back in ghe equations you can varify they are wrong answers
vpasolve() works to finite precision according to the digits() setting, and the calculations are suffering from massive loss of precision.
You can give a search range:
[A,B,C] = vpasolve(eq,[a b c],[200 230;-50 -1/2;-5 5])
Alex Sha
Alex Sha on 12 Jul 2019

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Hi, How about the results belows:
a: 214.703486863113
b: -10.7034868631133
c: -0.00690634104047918

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