Error with "syms" function

Hello,

I now have 2 quadratic equations with 2 known and 2 unknown.

(x1-xc)^2+(y1-yc)^2=R^2
(x2-xc)^2+(y2-yc)^2=R^2

I know the values for x1,x2,y1,y2 and R, these can be input manually in the script. I need to find xc and yc. Based on a recommendation I wrote the below script to find xc and yc-

syms xc;
syms yc;
[x y] = solve('(x1-xc)^2+(y1-yc)^2=R^2 ,(x2-xc)^2+(y2-yc)^2=R^2')

But I get the below error message

??? Undefined function or method 'syms' for input arguments of type 'char'.

Can anybody please help me with this error message

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

It means that you either do not have the symbolic toolbox installed or else you do not have it licensed. Use the command

ver

to find out what you have installed.