[R] solving simultaneous Equations in R

[Berend Hasselman]

On 11-12-2013, at 12:16, eliza botto <eliza_botto at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear users of R,
> I'm trying to solve the following 2 equations simultaneously in R for "x" and "y". I couldn't get through due to my limited knowledge of R.
> 
> 3=1-[(x-1)!(2x-y-1)!/(2x-1)!(x-y-1)!] 
> 
> 6={[(x-y-1)!/(x-1)!]-[3(2x-y-1)!/(2x-1)!]+[2(3x-y-1)!/(3x-1)!]}/{[(x-y-1)!/(x-1)!]-[(2x-y-1)!/(2x-1)!]}
> 
> obviously, ! is factorial.
> kindly help me out on it or at least suggest something.
> I'll be extremely grateful.

There are several packages that solve a system of equations.
ktsolve, nleqslv, BB, which you can find in CRAN Task views: "Numerical Mathematics” and “Optimization”.

You will have to write your equations in standard R notation.
I can’t tell if your system is solvable.

Berend

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