SOLUTION: Please help me solve x+e^x=2. I can get the answer on the calculator by finding the intersection but I want to be able to solve it mathematically
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Question 859511: Please help me solve x+e^x=2. I can get the answer on the calculator by finding the intersection but I want to be able to solve it mathematically
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not all problems are solvable in a closed form solution where you can say x=...
This is one of them.
There is a special class of functions called the Lambert W functions where
but I don't think that's what you were looking for.
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