How to solve expression containing trig, inverse trig and sqrt...



Here is the complete symbolic expression :

f(a,b,R,ALPHA,OMEGA,t,PHI,RHO) =

R*SIN(OMEGA*t+ALPHA)

-RHO*COS(

ASIN(
SQRT(
(R*SIN(OMEGA*t+PHI+ALPHA)-R*SIN(OMEGA*t+ALPHA))^2
+(R*COS(OMEGA*t+PHI+ALPHA)-R*COS(OMEGA*t+ALPHA)+b-a)^2)
/(2*RHO)
)

+ATAN2(
R*SIN(OMEGA*t+PHI+ALPHA)-R*SIN(OMEGA*t+ALPHA)
,R*COS(OMEGA*t+PHI+ALPHA)-R*COS(OMEGA*t+ALPHA)+b-a
)

)

and I would solve

  f(      0, 0.04, 0.006, 62.5*%PI/180, 4,              t, 
112.5*%PI/180, 0.029835)
- f(0.02, 0.06, 0.006, 62.5*%PI/180, 4, t+%PI/2, 112.5*%PI/180, 0.029835)
= 0

f results from a combination of some geometrical constraints... Maybe I 
have to proceed step by step...


Stavros Macrakis a écrit :

>The numbers in your problem look suspicious.  In particular, 0.9722222
>- 0.3472222 = 5/8.  Often it is easier to solve when things are in
>more explicit symbolic form.  Where did .97222 etc. come from?
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