Find value of a constant given a value of z(x,y)
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I have the following simplified function:
constant = 5;
z = @(x,y) x + y + constant;
If I want z(4,4) to equal '0', how can I find what value the 'constant' has to be to get me that? I know that I can do a simple arithmetic in the equation above, but what if it's a more complex, multivariate function where it gets really difficult to solve for a variable like that? How can I find the value of 'constant' in that instance?
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Star Strider
on 17 Jan 2016
Add ‘constant’ to your argument list and use the fzero function is one approach:
z = @(x,y,constant) x + y + constant;
x = 4;
y = 4;
const = fzero(@(constant) z(x,y,constant), 1)
const =
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