solve mathematical equation with 1 unknown (equations are dynamically built)

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Hi, I have to built dynamically equations like following:

x + x/3 + (x/3)/4 + (x/3/4)/2 = 50

Now I would like to evaluate this equation and get x. The equation is built dynamically. x is the leaf node in a taxonomy, the other 3 nodes are the super concepts. The divisor represents the number of children of the child nodes.

Is there a library that allows to build such equations dynamically and resolve x?

Thanks, Chris

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