Problem:
Solve the system of equations:
Tenth Philippine Mathematical Olympiad
Solution
Solution:
and
After rewriting the first equation into , we square to get
Using the second given equation, the last equation becomes
Substituting this last equation to the first given equation, we get , and the second given equation then becomes
which yields and . Knowing that , the solutions are the ordered pairs and .
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