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...(16xy)/(xy) (1)/(y) + (2)/(x) = 16 (4)
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Let and .
Substitute these into equations (3) and (4) to form a linear system.
The system becomes:Solve the new system for and .
From equation (3'), we can express in terms of :
Substitute this expression for into equation (4'):
Now substitute the value of back into the expression for :
Find and using and .
Since , we have , which means .
Since , we have , which means .The solution to the system is:
We can verify these values in the original equations.
For : . And . This is correct.
For : . And . This is also correct.
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