The method of false position is suitable for solving an equation with one unknown. Usually the equation contains proportionality w.r.t. the unknown. Chinese dish problem discussed last week can be solved by this method.
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Good mango question! I think in the earlier example, the RHS should be 80, rather than 80/3...
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