How to write a code to solve an equation?

I need a matlab code that will solve this equation: x = 0.05t + 8.65ln(1 + (x/8.65)) when "t" is given?

[James Tursa]

What have you done so far? What specific problems are you having with your code? What methods of solving this are you allowed to use?

[Matt Ricks]

We can use any method of solving but the issue is that I really have no idea how to use matlab but this is the tool we were told to use so that we can use it later in the class

Answer 1

[Fabio Freschi]

As James Tursa said, the question lacks of information. If it is a homework, I guess you should implement your own algorithm to solve the problem.

Considering matlab built-in functions, it is worth givinge a chance to fsolve

doc fsolve

and play with your function. For example

t = 1; % given value

% your function in the form f(x) = 0
f = @(x)0.05*t + 8.65*log(1 + (x/8.65))-x;

% starting point (maybe you have a better initial guess)
x0 = 1;

% fsolve
xsol = fsolve(f,x0)

Note that fsolve have many inputs and tolerances to play with.

Answer 2

[Parthiban Kasi]