//Chapter 7 Ex4 clc; clear; close; //let number be x //given (x/3)-(184-x)/7=8 //thus polynomial is: 10x=720 mycoeff=[-720 10]; p=poly(mycoeff,"x","coeff"); ans=roots(p); printf("The smaller number is: %d",ans); //Alternative logic for same problem for x=1:99 if((10*x-720)==0) printf("\n Alternate logic: \n The smaller number is: %d",x); break; end end