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Silly System (Posted on 2005-05-16)

Solve the system

5^(y-x)*(y+x) = 1
and
(x+y)^(x-y) = 5

See The Solution Submitted by Jer

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Answer

| Comment 4 of 6 |

The required solution is given by (x, y) = (3, 2), or (-2/5, 3/5)

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-07-02 01:33:31

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