2007 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 9
Problem
Real numbers and satisfy the equations and . What is ?
Solution 1
And
Substitution gives , and solving for yields . Thus .
Solution 1 another similar way
Simplify equation , which is , to .
And
Simplify equation , which is , to .
Now, eliminate the bases from the simplified equations and to arrive at and . Rewrite equation so that it is in terms of . That would be .
Since both equations are equal to , and the values for and are constant for both equations, set the equations equal to each other.
Now plug , which is , back into one of the two earlier equations.
Therefore the correct answer is
See also
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