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55rd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad - Third Round

Ukraine algebra

Problem

Solve the system of equations:
Solution
Add up the equations and get

If , the second equation implies We get two solutions, (0; 0) and (1; -1).

If , the first equation implies The final equation has two roots, and . They give us solutions (1; 3) and (6; -2). It can be easily verified that they satisfy both equations.
Final answer
[(0, 0), (1, -1), (1, 3), (6, -2)]

Techniques

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