Analytic Solution (symbolic): The exact numerical or symbolic representation of the solution
-may use special characters such as , e, or tan (83)
Numerical Solution: The computational representation of the solution
-entirely numerical
Example (analytic)
¼, 1/3, , tan (83)
Example (numerical)
0.25
0.33333 . . . (?)
3.14159 . . . (?)
0.88472 . . . (?)