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Vietnam algebra

Problem

Solve the system of equations
Solution
From the given system, it follows that This equation can be rewritten as . Hence, or .

If . The given system is equivalent to From the second equation, it obtains that or . Put and into the first equation, it obtains there are 4 solutions in this case, which are If . Letting , the given system is equivalent to the following It follows that or . But this equation has no real roots, hence there is no solution for the given system in this case.
Final answer
((-5 + sqrt(33))/2, (-7 + sqrt(33))/2, (-5 + sqrt(33))/2), ((-5 - sqrt(33))/2, (-7 - sqrt(33))/2, (-5 - sqrt(33))/2), ((-7 + sqrt(65))/2, (9 - sqrt(65))/2, (-7 + sqrt(65))/2), ((-7 - sqrt(65))/2, (9 + sqrt(65))/2, (-7 - sqrt(65))/2)

Techniques

Simple EquationsPolynomial operationsQuadratic functions