C program to find the solution of linear equation

CServer Side ProgrammingProgramming

We can apply the software development method to solve the linear equation of one variable in C programming language.

Requirement

• The equation should be in the form of ax+b=0
• a and b are inputs, we need to find the value of x

Analysis

Here,

• An input is the a,b values.
• An output is the x value.

Algorithm

Refer an algorithm given below to find solution of linear equation.

Step 1. Start
Step 3. Call function
Step 4. Print result
Step 5:
i. if(a == 0)Print value of c cannot be predictedElseCompute c=-b/aReturn cStep 6: Stop

Program

Following is the C program to find the solution of linear equation −

Live Demo

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
float solve(float a, float b){
float c;
if(a == 0){
printf("value of c cannot be predicted\n");
}else{
c = -b / a;
}
return c;
}
int main(){
float a, b, c;
printf("\n enter a,b values: ");
scanf("%f%f", &a, &b);
c = solve(a, b);
printf("\n linear eq of one variable in the form of ax+b = 0, if a=%f,b=%f,then x=    %f",a,b,c);
return 0;
}

Output

When the above program is executed, it produces the following result −

enter a,b values: 4 8
linear eq of one variable in the form of ax+b = 0, if a=4.000000, b=8.000000,
then x= -2.000000
Published on 26-Mar-2021 07:04:06