solve and irrational numbers

• Subject: solve and irrational numbers
• From: Adam Majewski
• Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:35:08 +0000 (UTC)

Hi,

when I use solve with equation containing such number (irrational) :
a1:1 + 2 / sqrt(3);

solva fails to find solution

When I change it to float :
a1:float(1 + 2 / sqrt(3));

It works.

Is it a special case or general rule ?

Adam

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