[LON-CAPA-users] maxima question

[Peter Riegler]

Hi Jay,

this should work:
$zero = &cas('maxima','ev(x, realroots(x-1) )');

Peter

Jay Sullivan wrote:

> This is more of a maxima question, than a loncapa question, but I figure 
> somebody out there must have coded this type of problem before in loncapa.
> 
> How do I get maxima to just report a number back as the output?
> 
> For example, if use
> 
> $zero = &cas('maxima','realroots(x-1)');
> 
> The value of $zero is set to be [x = 1]
> 
> I would like for the value of $zero to simply be 1.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jay
> 
> 

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