fsolve(x^2/20-10*x-15*cos(x+15),x);
1.274092075
I know to get maple to give me the other root I have graphically examine the funtion to see that it's around 200. I need to use fsolve using x=190..210 to find it. But that's a bit of a pain, I don't want to have to graph the function everytime, if my limits aren't far enough I may not find it.
The Student[Calculus1] package won't find the roots using Roots since I believe it only deals with simple trigonometric functions. Using solve I get a RootOf answer but it won't show me the numeric roots.
What I want, is to find the roots without having to specify a range. I could be missing something simple here but I'm stuck. Anyone have some suggestions?