Symbolic Equation Solver, Saving Symbolic Equations [duplicate] - matlab

From here, I'm trying to solve a symbolic system of equations like this
syms x y z;
[x, y, z] = solve('z = 4*x', 'x = y', 'z = x^2 + y^2')
x =
0
2
y =
0
2
z =
0
8
except that my equations are generated at different points in the m-file and with random coefficients. My question is how can I accomplish the following...
// Generate the first equation.
n = *random number generated here*;
E1 = (z == n*x + 2*n); // <--- How to save this symbolic equation to use in "solve(...)" later?
// Other work, generate other eqs.
...
// Solve system of eqs.
[x, y, z] = solve( E1 , E2, E3) // What/How to call/use the previously saved symbolic equations.
Thanks for the help!
EDIT
Updated to better explain objective.

Use sprintf if you want to keep the randomly generated value of n for later use with solve:
n = *random number generated here*;
E1 = (z == n*x + 2*n);
Eq1 = sprintf('z == %f*x + 2*%f',n,n);
You can play with the parameters on %f to see how much precision you want to include.

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I want to solve:
I use following MATLAB code, but it does not work.
Can someone please guide me?
function f=objfun
f=-f;
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log(a2)+log(x(2)/(x(2)+1))+log(1-x(1)) ...
log(a3)+log(1-x(1))+log(1-x(2))])
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&
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>> syms x y z w %// define symbolic variables (unknowns)
>> [x0,y0,z0,w0] = solve('5*x+2*y+3*z+4*w-7',...
'2*x+6*y+z+9*w-11',...
'6*x+3*y+z+5*w-5',...
'2*x+4*y+7*z+9*w-3',...
x, y, z, w)
x0 =
5/9
y0 =
262/15
z0 =
202/45
w0 =
-497/45
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2*x+6*y+z+9*w-11,...
6*x+3*y+z+5*w-5,...
2*x+4*y+7*z+9*w-3,...
x, y, z, w)
x0 =
5/9
y0 =
262/15
z0 =
202/45
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-497/45

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equation 2: y'(t) = -b* y(t) /(x(t) + y(t))
I tried in mathematica but got a very comlicated solution.
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Have fun identifying the ideal function call:
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hold on
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