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Solve the following system of equations:

x2+yxy=105y2+xxy=70 \begin{gathered} x^{2}+y \sqrt{x y}=105 \ldots \\ y^{2}+x \sqrt{x y}=70 \end{gathered}

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Solution

We write our equations as

x(xx+yy)=105y(yy+xx)=70 \begin{aligned} & \sqrt{x}(x \sqrt{x}+y \sqrt{y})=105 \ldots \\ & \sqrt{y}(y \sqrt{y}+x \sqrt{x})=70 \ldots \end{aligned}

assuming real factors, xx and yy can only be positive numbers. Dividing the corresponding sides of (1a) and (2a):

xy=32xy=94 \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{y}}=\frac{3}{2} \quad \frac{x}{y}=\frac{9}{4} \cdots

From (3), x=94yx=\frac{9}{4} y; substituting this into (2), for example:

y2+9y43y2=70, or 35y2=870 and y2=16 y^{2}+\frac{9 y}{4} \cdot \frac{3 y}{2}=70, \quad \text { or } \quad 35 y^{2}=8 \cdot 70 \quad \text { and } \quad y^{2}=16

Thus,

y=4 and thus x=9y=4 and x=9 satisfy the system of equations x2yxy=105,y2xxy=70 \begin{gathered} y=4 \quad \text { and thus } \quad x=9 \\ y=-4 \quad \text { and } \quad x=-9 \quad \text { satisfy the system of equations } \quad x^{2}-y \sqrt{x y}=105, \quad y^{2}-x \sqrt{x y}=70 \end{gathered}

Csáky Gyula (Dobó István g. VI. o. Eger).

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