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6.081. {x3+y3=65x2y+xy2=20\left\{\begin{array}{l}x^{3}+y^{3}=65 \\ x^{2} y+x y^{2}=20\end{array}\right.

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Solution

## Solution.

By expanding the left sides, we can represent the system as

{(x+y)(x2xy+y2)=65,xy(x+y)=20{(x+y)((x+y)23xy)=65xy(x+y)=20 \left\{\begin{array} { l } { ( x + y ) ( x ^ { 2 } - x y + y ^ { 2 } ) = 6 5 , } \\ { x y ( x + y ) = 2 0 } \end{array} \Leftrightarrow \left\{\begin{array}{l} (x+y)\left((x+y)^{2}-3 x y\right)=65 \\ x y(x+y)=20 \end{array}\right.\right.

Let {x+y=u,xy=v.\left\{\begin{array}{l}x+y=u, \\ x y=v .\end{array}\right. Then {u(u23v)=65,uv=20{u(u23v)=65,v=20u.\left\{\begin{array}{l}u\left(u^{2}-3 v\right)=65, \\ u v=20\end{array} \Leftrightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{l}u\left(u^{2}-3 v\right)=65, \\ v=\frac{20}{u} .\end{array}\right.\right.

From the first equation, we get u(u2320u)=65,u3=125u\left(u^{2}-3 \cdot \frac{20}{u}\right)=65, u^{3}=125, from which u=5u=5. Then v=205=4v=\frac{20}{5}=4 and {x+y=5,xy=4.\left\{\begin{array}{l}x+y=5, \\ x y=4 .\end{array}\right. From this, {x1=4,y1=1\left\{\begin{array}{l}x_{1}=4, \\ y_{1}=1\end{array}\right. and {x2=1,y2=4.\left\{\begin{array}{l}x_{2}=1, \\ y_{2}=4 .\end{array}\right.

Answer: (4;1)(1;4)(4 ; 1)(1 ; 4)

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