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Question: Strange Result from Solve

Question:Strange Result from Solve

Thomas Dean 327 Maple 2018
solve fsolve
May 27 2019
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Fsolve produces the correct solution.  solve followed by evalf produces a completely different solution.

What am I doing wrong?

## Ioannes Colla problem: "Divide 10 into three parts such that they
## shall be in continued proportion and that the product of the first
## two shall be 6"
eqs := [a+b+c=10, a/b=b/c, a*b=6];
fsolve(eqs); ## correct solution
evalf(solve(eqs)); ## different

Tom Dean
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