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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How to solve for b in this equation: e^b +1/2b^2 - 1 = 4.2 Do you take log on both sides?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is that 1/(2b^2) or (1/2) * b^2 ? In both cases, I can't imagine solving it analytically (unless there's a missing e in the second term). Using Taylor Series might help, but that's calculus.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks.

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