Hello everyone.
I have a very simple question. When I use maple to solve the following equations, everything works as expected
solve({
a + b + c + d = 0,
d * (480-471.1) + b * (484.3-471.1) + c * (547.2-471.1) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-484.3) + d * (480-484.3) + c * (547.2-484.3) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-547.2) + d * (480-547.2) + b * (484.3-547.2) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-477) + d * (480-477) + b * (484.3-477) + c * (547.2-477) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-494) + d * (480-494) + b * (484.3 - 494) + c * (547.2 - 494) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-540) + d * (480-540) + b * (484.3 - 540) + c * (547.2-540) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-477) + m1 = 0,
a * (471.1-494) + d * (480-494) + b * (484.3 - 494) + m2 = 0,
a * (471.1-540) + d * (480-540) + b * (484.3 - 540) + m3 = 0},{a,b,c,d,m4})
Now if I add one more equation to it then maple won't solve
solve({
a + b + c + d = 0,
d * (480-471.1) + b * (484.3-471.1) + c * (547.2-471.1) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-484.3) + d * (480-484.3) + c * (547.2-484.3) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-547.2) + d * (480-547.2) + b * (484.3-547.2) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-477) + d * (480-477) + b * (484.3-477) + c * (547.2-477) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-494) + d * (480-494) + b * (484.3 - 494) + c * (547.2 - 494) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-540) + d * (480-540) + b * (484.3 - 540) + c * (547.2-540) + m4 = 0,
a * (471.1-477) + m1 = 0,
a * (471.1-494) + d * (480-494) + b * (484.3 - 494) + m2 = 0,
a * (471.1-540) + d * (480-540) + b * (484.3 - 540) + m3 = 0
a * (471.1-481) + d * (480-481) + mx = 0},{a,b,c,d,m4,mx})
Obviously, using the first solve command, I can solve for a and d. I can substitude that into the last equation and solve for mx. But for some reason, maple just won't do that for me directly from the second solve command.
Can someone help? thanks