Sunday, February 15, 2015

Solve the system of equations 3x^2-3y^2=27 and 2x-2y=2 .

We'll re-write the first equation factorizing by
3:


3(x^2 - y^2) = 27


We'll
divide by 3:


x^2 - y^2  = 9
(1)


x - y = 1 (2)


We notice
that we can re-write (1) as a product, being a difference of
squares:


(x-y)(x+y) = 9


But
x-y = 1 => x + y = 9 (3)


We'll add (3) to
(2):


x + y + x – y = 9 +
1


We'll eliminate like
terms:


2x = 10


x =
5


We'll substitute x = 5 into
(2):


5 – y = 1


-y = -5 +
1


y = 4


The
solution of the system is represented by the pair {5 ;
4}.

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