[Maxima] nonlinear equation problem

[Abuzer Bakis]

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Hi all,

I am PhD student in economics and prefer to use GPL'ed software as soon as
possible.
I use Maxima 5.9.2 on Windows XP and 5.9.3 on fedora 5 for symbolic ans
simple numeric
calculations. Until now, it was OK.  Unfortunately, i can not get an
axplicit answer for the call
"solve(log(0.25*(2*b+5)) - 0.5*log(5*b-5),b); "
But on commercial software like matlab 7.0 i get  the solutions
"2.02277; 12.9772"

Any help?

Thanks in advance...
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abuzer

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Hi all,<br><br>I am PhD student in economics and prefer to use GPL'ed softw=
are as soon as possible.<br>I use Maxima 5.9.2 on Windows XP and 5.9.3 on f=
edora 5 for symbolic ans simple numeric <br>calculations. Until now, it was=
 OK.&nbsp; Unfortunately, i can not get an axplicit answer for the call
<br>&quot;solve(log(0.25*(2*b+5)) - 0.5*log(5*b-5),b); &quot;<br>But on com=
mercial software like matlab 7.0 i get&nbsp; the solutions<br>&quot;2.02277=
; 12.9772&quot;<br clear=3D"all"><br>Any help?<br><br>Thanks in advance...<=
br>
-- <br>abuzer

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