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Mike Rennie <mikerenni...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi there, > >Does anyone know how I solve for x from a given y in a polynomial >function? Here's some example code: > >##example file > >a<-1:10 > >b<-c(1,2,2.5,3,3.5,4,6,7,7.5,8) > >po.lm<-lm(a~b+I(b^2)+I(b^3)+I(b^4)); summary(po.lm) > >(please ignore that the model is severely overfit- that's not the >point). > >Let's say I want to solve for the value b where a = 5.5. > >Any thoughts? I did come across the polynom package, but I don't think >that does it- I suspect the answer is simpler than I am making it out >to be. Any help would be welcome. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.