How to Solve for Two Variables in Mathcad?

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The discussion centers on difficulties encountered while solving for two variables in Mathcad, particularly by a user who is inexperienced with the software. The user has attempted to utilize the Given/Find block but is facing issues: one attempt yields no answer, while the other causes the software to crash upon evaluating the result. A suggestion is made to provide initial "guess" values for the variables within the solve block to facilitate the solution process.
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I'm having trouble solving for two variables in Mathcad. I'm relatively inexperienced with this software and I'm not sure whether it's the software or my math but anyway I've included screen dumps to highlight the problem. I have tried the Given/Find block in two different ways. The first does not give me an answer as you might notice and the second just crashes every time I try to evaluate 'ans'

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fonz said:
I'm having trouble solving for two variables in Mathcad. I'm relatively inexperienced with this software and I'm not sure whether it's the software or my math but anyway I've included screen dumps to highlight the problem. I have tried the Given/Find block in two different ways. The first does not give me an answer as you might notice and the second just crashes every time I try to evaluate 'ans'

I've only looked at the first image. You need to provide "guess" values for the variables you wish to find in a solve block.
 

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